{"id":872,"date":"2008-03-09T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T02:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.macnightowl.com\/2008\/03\/09\/newsletter-432-preview-so-apple-is-after-the-enterprise-after-all\/"},"modified":"2008-03-25T06:48:38","modified_gmt":"2008-03-25T13:48:38","slug":"newsletter-432-preview-so-apple-is-after-the-enterprise-after-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2008\/03\/newsletter-432-preview-so-apple-is-after-the-enterprise-after-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #432 Preview: So Apple Is After the Enterprise After All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The conventional wisdom has it that Apple doesn&#8217;t really care so much about the enterprise. 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