One of my favourite bands are the Eagles and that all time favourite album of a lot of my generation "Hotel California" . Well like a lot of bands, they split up and when asked if there would ever be a get together - one band member said that "Hell would freeze over". A couple of years ago - it did and they re-formed for a world tour.

Well today marked a similar day when Apple announced "Boot Camp". for more details click on the link below:

Boot Camp

This will allow Mac users to run Windows XP on their Intel Mac computers. From the comments I've had from my other MMUG colleagues there seems to be a warm acceptance though, not many will carry Windows XP on their machines - still it may enable other users to see how both operate side by side and then join the cult of mac.

So what are the lessons of this for law firms - well never say never. In this constantly changing world that we live in - it maybe that we have to drop old cherished sacred cows like hourly billing and move towards a project fee as the norm rather than the exception. Occasionally we need to sup with the devil and suddenly make a switch that moves us closer to a blue ocean strategy and away from our competitors. What ever next - Apple bids for Microsoft - well never say never.