Hans-Christian Andersen
hans.andersen at phulse.com
Mon Jan 14 20:50:40 CST 2013
> " The reality is that Microsoft has a lock on the desktop. Last year, in the time that it took Apple to move 6 million copies of Lion , Microsoft was able to move 400 million copies of Windows 7 Apples and oranges, is it not? :) The only thing that comparison illustrates is that there are more PC's sold than Macs and we all know the reasons why. > And here is information on Win8 licences sold so far (I have posted it here already): This oft quoted number is misleading (deliberately, of course). I'm not saying Windows 8 will not sell in decent numbers, but this article even points out that they can't tell how many actual sales of Windows 8 there are from that number and how many are in boxes in some warehouse of some OEM waiting to be installed and sold. They asked Microsoft to clarify and got the standard non-denial denial... basically repeating the same line about 60 million copies sold and "I'm not going to tell you the actual numbers, but, trust us... it's selling just as well as Windows 7." How is that an acceptable answer? :p - Hans On 2013-01-14, at 5:08 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru> wrote: > HI Jim -- > > OK, let's wait till the end of this year to see what will be the PC market OSes' usage figures. > > Another article from the same ZDNet magazine you referred (July 1, 2012) stated a while ago: > > http://www.zdnet.com/linux-in-the-enterprise-linux-on-the-desktop-7000000054/ > > " The reality is that Microsoft has a lock on the desktop. Last year, in the time that it took Apple to move 6 million copies of Lion , Microsoft was able to move 400 million copies of Windows 7 and was projected by Gartner to be on 42% of all PCs by the end of 2011 ! By some estimates, Microsoft 7, Vista and XP have about 87% of the market." > > And here is information on Win8 licences sold so far (I have posted it here already): > > http://techcrunch.com/2013/01/08/microsoft-announces-60m-licenses-for-windows-8-sold-showing-similar-sales-trajectory-to-windows-7/ > > > Thank you. > > -- Shamil > > Понедельник, 14 января 2013, 13:16 -08:00 от "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca>: >> Good point. >> >> Considering the Linux has been the private preserve of real tech heads, for >> years, it now so completely dominates the Server market and almost 100 >> percent of the super-computer market. All the growth has happened without >> the help of an advertisers and marketers of any kind. >> >> Microsoft has had the benefit of a huge marketing team. Their costs of >> advertising is millions a day and having hardware manufactures signed to >> contracts that obligates them to install Windows on all their computers has >> been a very successful formula. Given this scenario I would expect Windows >> to be well ahead. >> >> I am a tech contractor and though much of my now limited work is in Windows >> PCs, I am also responsible to give my clients all the options that are >> available them, without prejudice. I am not cheering for Microsoft, Apple, >> Google or Linux. I am definitely not part of a Fanboz club, for any product >> and if one product gives the client what they need at the price they can >> afford, so be it. >> >> As for the Linux growth market, small though it may be, it has shown growth >> of over 64 percent in nine months...more than any other OS. Below is an >> interesting link: >> >> http://www.zdnet.com/amazons-top-selling-laptop-doesnt-run-windows-or-mac-os >> -it-runs-linux-7000009433/ >> >> As a business person, if I did not take advantage of the vacuum caused by >> Windows 8, I would be seriously remiss. Our jobs are not to sell products >> but to sell solutions whether it is our personal preference or not. >> >> Jim >> >> > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com