"Alan Baker" <alangbaker@telus.net> wrote in message
news:alangbaker-DBBA7A.08065516052008@[74.223.185.199.nw.nuvox.net]...
> In article <21719$482da152$1576@news.teranews.com>,
> Glorb <Glorb@orb.com> wrote:
>
>> Moshe Goldfarb wrote:
>> > On Fri, 16 May 2008 09:15:13 -0400, Ezekiel wrote:
>> >
>> >> http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/05/15...ore-stretches-
>> >> four-city-blocks/
>> >>
>> >> <quote>
>> >> Oh, hello there. I'm patiently waiting for the new Boylston Street
>> >> Apple
>> >> Store to open here in Boston. Did I need to show up four hours early?
>> >> Probably not, but I just can't resist sitting in an outdoor food court
>> >> while
>> >> pigeons buzz within inches of my fragile body. Seems nobody told them
>> >> about
>> >> the food chain and how humans are atop said food chain. Anyhoo, you
>> >> might
>> >> be
>> >> interested to know that the line for the grand opening of the Apple
>> >> Store
>> >> stretches a country mile! Four city blocks to be precise.
>> >> </quote>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Photo:
>> >> http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content...05/mg-0370.jpg
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Meanwhile the new linux store opens:
>> >> http://www.friedmanarchives.com/Brit...ck%20-%20Horiz
>> >> ontal%208x12300%20dpi.jpg
>> >
>> > That's hysterical!!!!!!!
>> >
>> > The bottom line is Linux is free for the taking every single day of the
>> > year and has been for 10+ years.
>> >
>> > So the question is, "Why is Linux not gaining any market share on the
>> > desktop"?
>>
>> You answered your own question. There's no market share sales figures
>> for software you can get for free.
>>
>> On can not help but be astounded by those who would mock and disparage
>> those who are working hard to produce good Linux software and give it
>> away for FREE.
>>
>> > Why are people willing to move from Windows to Mac but not to Linux and
>> > those that do try Linux don't last and dump Linux.
>>
>> Yet Mac Market share is still stuck at about 3% no matter how many more
>> sales Apple makes. That's because their sales increase is due to an
>> increase of the size of the market in general.
>
> You keep saying this despite being presented reference after reference
> that shows that Apple's sales are growing faster than the industries...
This link shows Apples worldwide market share. You have been presented with
it several times now, but you slither away like a frightened eel.
Maybe if you keep repeating the Mantra it might come true - in a decade or
so - maybe.
"Apple's global market share is only 3.3 percent among the 69.5 million PC
shipped in the March quarter, according to IDC. But that market share tally
is up from 2.5 percent in the March quarter a year ago."
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8614