On 3/26/02 6:28 PM, "Glenn L. Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From a developers' standpoint, what Microsoft and Intel have been trying to > do is limit the testing matrix, which is a good thing -- it reduces testing > costs, time, and complexity (especially when trying to support hardware that > was hacked together to get it to work to begin with). What it also does is > strongly encourage users to upgrade their equipment every year, leading to a > false "marketshare" number -- very few, if any, of the new machines are > *actually* new users, instead most of the machines are going to replace > existing machines, which end up gathering dust in the corner, but are still > counted towards "market share," since there is no way to *actually* tell how > many personal computers are still in operation. But, again, it is NOT that hard to predict how many copies of a new office package will be purchased in a year. --Greg -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
