Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 02:11:47 -0000 From: EvangeList <evangelist@apple.com> Subject: Tidbit - Sample Y2K Evangelism Keyword: Advocacy, Why Macs Are Better This tidbit is from: Matthew Whyte I work for a seminar management company, and I'm pleased to be able to say that we are completely Mac-based (apart from the accounts dept who are off-site so they don't really count). I have 40+ Macs and *no* PCs, it's just fantastic. Anyway, as the IT guy here, I'm having to deal with a stream of letters from customers who are concerned about Y2K issues, and are auditing all their suppliers regarding this. Although somewhat tedious, this is a good opportunity for some evangelising. I send them all back a standard letter, containing something along these lines: "All systems in the company run on Apple Macintosh computers. The Macintosh OS is and always has been inherently Y2K compliant, and almost all software, including ours, uses the Mac OS's internal date storage system." Maybe some other evangelistas can employ this tactic if faced with similar requests? |