I have 3 systems that once ran XP and now run Linux, plus one Mac and a recent Linux machine purchase. I'm adding another Mac come January.
To the world, I've currently purchased 1 Mac and 1 Linux box and 3 Windows boxes.
Market share is never going to be accurate for Linux. You don't buy them pre-installed with your hardware until recently Dell and HP got on the bandwagon.
That doesn't mean much. You are one of the extremely small minority who have done so. That's why Linux isn't doing well in the desktop wars.
Also, Linux users, at least according to the posts I read in the Linux forums, are politically opposed in paying for software.
The big fight right now is whether they should license the codecs for music and video playback, with a large number saying no.
I would imagine amongst developers they talk to each other and know where the money is.
Sometimes in articles you'll see little facts that show how important the platform is and how much money the Mac makes for developers. No one seems to emphasis these numbers.
I've seen that as much as 40% of Adobe's professional products are sold to Mac users. Avid sells 60% of its professional products to Mac users. Adobe and Avid would loose significant amount of revenue if Mac users stopped buying their software. These are facts that are rarely pointed out.
Don't you mean 20 basis points, instead of 200? 200 basis points would be 2%, implying Apple's global market share was 1.2% the previous quarter, when it was 2.5% in March 2006.
So, today is the day Apple's Market cap blasted past Intel AND IBM!!
Not sure how long they can sustain a P/E of 52+, but what the heck!
Anyone want to take bets on when Apple's cap will pass M$'s?!
Apple's 162.39 Bil
Microsoft's 290.51 Bil
Hmm... I'm thinking there will be a correction sometime after the holiday season and MacWorld. Unless, the AppleTV is seriously made-over and Apple intro's their own navigation/entertainment system. There's no doubt their stock will hit above $200 a share before the end of the year.
Hmm... I'm thinking there will be a correction sometime after the holiday season and MacWorld. Unless, the AppleTV is seriously made-over and Apple intro's their own navigation/entertainment system. There's no doubt their stock will hit above $200 a share before the end of the year.
Well, if they carry on at the current growth rate (i.e. 30+%/pa) it'll be 2-3 years
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I have 3 systems that once ran XP and now run Linux, plus one Mac and a recent Linux machine purchase. I'm adding another Mac come January.
To the world, I've currently purchased 1 Mac and 1 Linux box and 3 Windows boxes.
Market share is never going to be accurate for Linux. You don't buy them pre-installed with your hardware until recently Dell and HP got on the bandwagon.
That doesn't mean much. You are one of the extremely small minority who have done so. That's why Linux isn't doing well in the desktop wars.
Also, Linux users, at least according to the posts I read in the Linux forums, are politically opposed in paying for software.
The big fight right now is whether they should license the codecs for music and video playback, with a large number saying no.
Sometimes in articles you'll see little facts that show how important the platform is and how much money the Mac makes for developers. No one seems to emphasis these numbers.
I've seen that as much as 40% of Adobe's professional products are sold to Mac users. Avid sells 60% of its professional products to Mac users. Adobe and Avid would loose significant amount of revenue if Mac users stopped buying their software. These are facts that are rarely pointed out.
Don't you mean 20 basis points, instead of 200? 200 basis points would be 2%, implying Apple's global market share was 1.2% the previous quarter, when it was 2.5% in March 2006.
So, today is the day Apple's Market cap blasted past Intel AND IBM!!
Not sure how long they can sustain a P/E of 52+, but what the heck!
Anyone want to take bets on when Apple's cap will pass M$'s?!
Apple's 162.39 Bil
Microsoft's 290.51 Bil
Hmm...
Apple's 162.39 Bil
Microsoft's 290.51 Bil
Hmm...
Well, if they carry on at the current growth rate (i.e. 30+%/pa) it'll be 2-3 years
(if MS continues to flat-line)