I figured you were way wrong on your assertions. Apple market share sits under 5% worldwide which was the top number Ballmer used when he spoke about Apple vs MS marketshare the ONE time he talked about after being asked specifically about Apple/MS marketing. In your anger I imagine you kept replaying the scene in your head and imagined he said it again and again. If you want to talk about just the US, then the marketshare is higher, but worldwide it is not 10%. The ego of MFB such as yourself assumes MS sits in agony trying to figure out what to do against a competitor that has less then 5% marketshare, this may not be the case and probably isn't. You remind me of those big huge monsters in that commercial terrorizing people until the camera shifts and the monsters are really only a few inches high and are really being ignored.
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 9:55 AM, tjpa <[email protected]> wrote: > In a recent interview I saw on CNET-TV Ballmer keeps repeating that Apple > only has 3.5% of the market. > > http://cnettv.cnet.com/cnet-conversations-microsoft-steve-ballmer/9742-1_53-50077774.html > > I knew that was way wrong so I checked on recent stats. Ballmer should be > embarassed because Apple is actually just shy of 10% -- and that's only if > you count unit sales. Apple is also growing at close to 12% while the rest > of the industry has an growth rate that is barely over 2%. > http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28566/53/ > > http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/14/mac_sales_grow_11_8_as_apple_takes_9_4_u_s_market_share.html > > Measured in terms of revenue Apple is upwards of 25%. If you consider that > their profit margin is higher than the average PC maker it is likely that > Apple's share of the profits is above 30%. Wow! > http://daringfireball.net/linked/2008/03/18/share > > Talk about working smarter, not harder! Sure beats whistling in the > graveyard. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
