Inalign has been heavy into Microsoft technology for many years. There's not a Microsoft product that we haven't configured, customized, intefaced to or researched.

So people are still shocked that I have an iPhone. How could I turn my back on Windows, and Verizon?

We started using Microsoft technologies for the same reason I bought the iPhone-people (our clients) are using the technology, and they want us to build solutions around the technologies.

It doesn't have to be a huge religious war between Apple and Microsoft.

But the fact that our clients had the technologies was not the #1 reason. The #1 reason was 'who' was using the technology at those companies: The CEO.

With the iPhone in particular, I noticed quickly that most of the CEOs I interface with were using iPhones. The picked up on it quickly and loved the ease of use. They made the decision to roll out iPhone to the rest of their staffs. It's the first time I've seen so many CEOs take such an active role in selecting the hardware.

Oddly enough, I find that more and more CEOs also have a Mac on their desk, when the rest of the company is still on Windows. They have converted first, IT be damned.

Most of the web applications we build have to look good on Windows, of course, but also on Safari for the one person in the corner office.

So what does all of this mean for the corporate landscape? In a new article on InfoWorld, Mac sales have actually increased with sales of the iPad. The iPad sold 3 million units in 80 days. Prior to the launch, there was concern in the blogsphere that the iPad would cannibalize Mac sales. It just goes to show how wrong all the reviewers are.

Is runaway iPad adoption driving Mac sales? (InfoWorld)