On Tue, 20 May 2008 09:32:17 -0700, Glorb wrote
(in article <1a579$4832fd12$26697@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> Dave Fritzinger wrote:
>> On May 19, 1:08 pm, Glorb <Gl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> Dave Fritzinger wrote:
>>>> On May 19, 12:52 pm, Glorb <Gl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>> Dave Fritzinger wrote:
>>>>>> On May 19, 12:35 pm, Glorb <Gl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>> David Fritzinger wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>>>
<3a024183-96b3-4a1a-b80b-ae99ea907...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>>>>>>>> Edwin <thorn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On May 13, 4:03 pm, Jim <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/mac/showArticle.jhtml?a
>>>>>>>>>> r...
>>>>>>>>>> eID=207603284
>>>>>>>>>> "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 our
>>>>>>>>>> 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 in
>>>>>>>>>> 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® computers
>>>>>>>>> http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=503816
>>>>>>>>> STAMFORD, Conn., April 18, 2007 ‹ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
62.7
>>>>>>>>> million unitsin the first quarter of 2007
>>>>>>>>> 1,517,000/62,700,000 = 0.0241
>>>>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q1'07 = 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® computers
>>>>>>>>> http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=509905
>>>>>>>>> STAMFORD, Conn., July 18, 2007 ‹ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
61.1
>>>>>>>>> million units in the second quarter of 2007
>>>>>>>>> 1,764,000/61,100,000 = 0.0288
>>>>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q2'07 = 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® computers
>>>>>>>>> http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=532712
>>>>>>>>> STAMFORD, Conn., October 17, 2007 ‹ Worldwide PC ****pments
totaled
>>>>>>>>> 68.5 million units in the third quarter of 2007
>>>>>>>>> 2,164,000/68,500,000 = 0.0315
>>>>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q3'07 = 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® computers
>>>>>>>>> http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=584210
>>>>>>>>> STAMFORD, Conn., January 16, 2008 ‹ 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
>>>>>>>>> 2,319,000/75,900,000 = 0.0305
>>>>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q4'07 = 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® computers
>>>>>>>>> http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=648619
>>>>>>>>> STAMFORD, Conn., April 16, 2008 ‹ Worldwide PC ****pments totaled
71.1
>>>>>>>>> million units in the first quarter of 2008
>>>>>>>>> 2,289,000/71,100,000 = 0.0321
>>>>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q1'08 = 3.21%
>>>>>>>>> Summary:
>>>>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q1'07 = 2.41%
>>>>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q2'07 = 2.88%
>>>>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q3'07 = 3.15%
>>>>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q4'07 = 3.05%
>>>>>>>>> Mac woldwide market share Q1'08 = 3.21%
>>>>>>>>> Q1'07 comparted to Q1'08
>>>>>>>>> Mac gain in worldwide market share = 0.8%
>>>>>>>> Which is a 33% gain in market share. To show my work,
0.8/2.4=33%. Is
>>>>>>>> this what you really wanted to say, Glorb?
>>>>>>> No.
>>>>>>> Whatever you did there didn't increase Mac market share above 3.2%
>>>>> I got rid of your nutty reply.
>>>>> Mac market share is 3.2%. End of story.
>>> The facts you can't run away from:
>
> Mac market share is 3.2%. End of story.
WHO CARES? It means nothing. Give it up already! You guys going
round-and-round like this about market-share is like arguing how many
angels
will fit on the head of a pin. It means nothing - absolutely nothing.
What's
im****tant is that as a single computer company (as opposed to an entire
industry made up of hundreds, perhaps thousands of computer companies)
Apple
sells more computers every year. That the company is healthy and the
platform
is healthy, and even more im****tant the platform is PERCEIVED as being
healthy by the rest of the industry -which attracts developers. More
im****tant than those is that Apple sales are growing while the rest of the
industry's sales are flat or even down. That's it. World-wide market-share
means absolutely nothing of any consequence to anybody except bean
counters.
As a statistic, it doesn't denote quality, it doesn't denote usefulness,
it's
not an indicator of overall industry health, nor does it indicate
increasing
sales.
But, Edwin, Glorb, Mr X, and all of the rest of you who dream about market
share every night, dream about this and ponder it: Microsoft's
market-share
has dwindled somewhat. It use to be 97% now it's around 92%. If Apple is
stuck at 3% like you guys want it to be, and Linux still accounts for less
than 1%, then were did the remaining 4% go?
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