On May 19, 12:35=A0pm, Glorb <Gl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> David Fritzinger wrote:
> > In article
> > <3a024183-96b3-4a1a-b80b-ae99ea907...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > =A0Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >> On May 13, 4:03 pm, Jim <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>>http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?ar..=
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> >>> eID=3D207603284
>
> >>> "Microsoft on Tuesday said Office 2008 for the Mac is the hottest
> >>> selling version of the productivity suite in nearly 20 years.
>
> >>> In announcing the soaring sales, the software maker also released
> >>> Service Pack 1 of Office for the Mac. SP1 in general improves the
> >>> suite's stability, security, and performance. The company also gave
a
> >>> peek of the product's roadmap by saying it would have Visual Basic
for=
> >>> Applications in the next version. "
>
> >>> VBA is an implementation of Microsoft's Visual Basic programming
> >>> language that's built into Office applications. By embedding the VBA
> >>> integrated development environment into software, Microsoft provides
a=
> >>> familiar tool for developers customizing the suite. Microsoft
dropped
> >>> VBA from Office for the Mac after version 2004.
>
> >>> Microsoft said sales of Office 2008, which launched in January, are
> >>> nearly three times what the company saw with the launch of Office
2004=
..
> >>> The suite is selling faster than any version in 19 years. "As we set
o=
ur
> >>> course for future versions, we are working closely with customers
and
> >>> will also expand our staff to ensure that Office for Mac remains the
> >>> most powerful and compatible productivity suite for Mac customers,"
> >>> Craig Eisler, general manager of Microsoft's Mac business unit, said
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n
> >>> a statement."
>
> >>> More if you care to read.
> >>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/25results.html
> >> fiscal 2007 second quarter ended March 31, 2007
> >> Apple ****pped 1,517,000 Macintosh=AE computers
>
> >>http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D503816
> >> STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2007 =8B Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
62.7=
> >> million unitsin the first quarter of 2007
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 1,517,000/62,700,000 =3D 0.0241
>
> >> Mac woldwide market share Q1'07 =3D 2.41%
>
> >>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/07/25results.html
> >> 2007 third quarter ended June 30, 2007
> >> Apple ****pped 1,764,000 Macintosh=AE computers
>
> >>http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D509905
> >> STAMFORD, Conn., July 18, 2007 =8B Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
61.1
> >> million units in the second quarter of 2007
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A01,764,000/61,100,000 =3D 0.0288
>
> >> Mac woldwide market share Q2'07 =3D 2.88%
>
> >>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/10/22results.html
> >> fiscal 2007 fourth quarter ended September 29, 2007
> >> Apple ****pped 2,164,000 Macintosh=AE computers
>
> >>http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D532712
> >> STAMFORD, Conn., October 17, 2007 =8B Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
> >> 68.5 million units in the third quarter of 2007
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 2,164,000/68,500,000 =3D 0.0315
>
> >> Mac woldwide market share Q3'07 =3D 3.15%
>
> >>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/01/22results.html
> >> fiscal 2008 first quarter ended December 29, 2007
> >> Apple ****pped 2,319,000 Macintosh=AE computers
>
> >>http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D584210
> >> STAMFORD, Conn., January 16, 2008 =8B Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
> >> 271.2 million units in 2007, a 13.4 percent increase from 2006,
> >> according to preliminary results by Gartner, Inc. The industry ended
> >> the year with fourth quarter PC ****pments of 75.9 million units
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A02,319,000/75,900,000 =3D 0.0305
>
> >> Mac woldwide market share Q4'07 =3D 3.05%
>
> >>http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/04/23results.html
> >> fiscal 2008 second quarter ended March 29, 2008
> >> Q2'08 Apple ****pped 2,289,000 Macintosh=AE computers
>
> >>http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=3D648619
> >> STAMFORD, Conn., April 16, 2008 =8B Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
71.1=
> >> million units in the first quarter of 2008
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A02,289,000/71,100,000 =3D 0.0321
>
> >> Mac woldwide market share Q1'08 =3D 3.21%
>
> >> Summary:
>
> >> Mac woldwide market share Q1'07 =3D 2.41%
>
> >> Mac woldwide market share Q2'07 =3D 2.88%
>
> >> Mac woldwide market share Q3'07 =3D 3.15%
>
> >> Mac woldwide market share Q4'07 =3D 3.05%
>
> >> Mac woldwide market share Q1'08 =3D 3.21%
>
> >> Q1'07 comparted to Q1'08
>
> >> Mac gain in worldwide market share =3D 0.8%
>
> > Which is a 33% gain in market share. To show my work, 0.8/2.4=3D33%.
Is
> > this what you really wanted to say, Glorb?
>
> No.
>
> Whatever you did there didn't increase Mac market share above 3.2%
>
E,H,D,V (that is Edwin/Hasta la Vista/Dr. X/Glorb), that was not my
intention. All I did was use the figures that have been repeatedly
posted by one of you (or, perhaps several of you) to show that, in the
last year, Apple's market share has increased 33%.
Oh, and you really don't do this sockpuppetry thing very well.
8^(
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Dave Fritzinger
Honolulu, HI
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