IT Gets Personal: Jonathan Christensen's Personal Experience

Our choice of PC's and the associated applications are becoming a factor in the definition of our personality:: Windows or Mac? IBM or Dell? Our smartphone choices are becoming a factor in the definition of our personality. Blackberry, iPhone or, Nokia? But just as important is how these associations are also playing a role in how IT departments are losing control over our IT platforms. I recall a story when the first IBM PC's came out where a major Canadian bank Vice-President chastised an e