This Mac vs. Windows things keeps getting a lot of attention here. The shift from to Windows was actually quite sudden, and is best described by a "catastrophe" model, i.e., a model that has "jumps" in it. Such jumps occur because once firms favor one OS over the other, it is more efficient for everyone to go with the apparent winner so as to minimize compatibility issues. We found that the jumps were indeed dramatic for a particular product (Lotus Freelance).
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