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Axel Springer Switching 10,000 Employees to Mac
by , 4:40 PM EDT, July 7th, 2008
Axel Springer AG, one of Europe's largest newspapers, is switching its entire publishing operation to Macs, according to Fortune. The changeover, which will involve 10,000 employees in 30 countries, will take five years.
The CEO, Mathias Döpfner posted a YouTube video (in German) and gave the reasons for the change which were, according to Fortune:
- Most of the company's layout work was already being done on Macs
- Macs are more user friendly than other computers
- Apple creates the most elegant computers
- Macs are cheaper to buy and easier to maintain than they were in the past
Mr. Döpfner said that when the changeover is complete, Axel Springer will be the world's second largest Apple customer after Google.
Axel Springer publishes the flagship newspaper, Die Welt. The original announcement was at Heise Online.
Observer Comments
Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:15 pm Subject: 4-He didn't say that
He said that they are easier to maintain that the PC's they have now.
The YouTube link:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j2oGlC9aXB4
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