Just a followup to the IBM story. Clearly, if MS doesn't fix the Vista debacle soon, this tiny 6% market share could quickly snowball. Assuming Steve kicks the bucket and the OS is allowed to be installed anywhere, and assuming MS takes more than 10-20 years to release another good OS.
>International Data Corporation's survey this month showed Apple with a 6 >percent share of the American market in the first quarter, compared with 4.9 >percent a year ago. Apple's strong Macintosh growth comes as Microsoft >struggles with its Windows Vista operating system, which was released last >year to largely critical reviews. "I think people are really noticing the >difference between Mac OS X and Windows to a greater degree than ever before," >Mr. Jobs said. "The more people understand that there is an alternative, the >more people are choosing a Mac." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/24/technology/24apple.html?th&emc=th ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
