Quote:
Originally Posted by TenFour
I understand--the domain email thing is why I think there are only two really good ecosystems for small businesses--Microsoft and Google.
|
Hi TenFour,
It's clear from your post that you have used Microsoft and Google for business, but is your opinion based on also actually having used Apple for business?
I ask because, where I live, and in our sector, there are an awful lot of small businesses using the Apple ecosystem.
I've yet to see a reason why Apple + FastMail (plus Dropbox, which has become ubiquitous regardless of ecosystem) is inferior to Microsoft or Google for e-mail communication.
As for productivity tools, if one is used to the Apple ecosystem and its tools (Pages, Numbers, Notes, Keynote, Calendar, Contacts), bringing in Microsoft or Google tools introduces a new learning curve, and probable fragmentation, for no apparent reason.
I also think that there is a deeper issue, which is whether a technical issue like e-mail should be driving ecosystem decisions. I think not, especially given that for many businesses the role of e-mail is changing. In our case, we'll use e-mail for external written communication, but for internal written communication we're going to use Workplace by Facebook messaging. If you aren't familiar with it, it's like Slack except with a very familiar interface. If you aren't familiar with Slack, we're running into a generational issue.
I'm just not prepared to let e-mail, a single tool, drive fundamental decisions about how work gets done.