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Mainframes: IBM - natural monopolist PC's: Microsoft/Intel - natural monopolists Mobile: Apple - natural monopolist Cloud: Amazon - .... (take a guess where
by bedhead 11y ago
Mainframes: IBM - natural monopolist
PC's: Microsoft/Intel - natural monopolists
Mobile: Apple - natural monopolist
Cloud: Amazon - .... (take a guess where this is going)
- frik 11y agoMobile: Google Android 70+% (Apple iOS is only 20% worldwide) Cloud: Amazon, then Digital Ocean is the second, than long nothing, ...(?)..., Azure, ...
- kbart 11y agoApple iOS is only 20% worldwide AFAIK, it's <15%.[0] 0. http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-market-share.jsp http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-market-share.jsp
- TheLogothete 11y ago>Cloud: Amazon, then Digital Ocean is the second, than long nothing, ...(?)..., Azure, ... Can you provide some metrics and sources for that?
- pjmlp 11y agoWho is using Digital Ocean in Europe?! It is all about AWS and Azure over here.
- _Codemonkeyism 11y agoSince they have a data center in Frankfurt we use it for some stuff. But on the edge for Hetzner vServers.
- bedhead 11y agoApple reaps 100% of the PROFITS. They are effectively a natural monopolist. Who cares about money-losing Android customers??? [praying I don't start some juvenile iOS/Android flame war] I've never asked this before but why did my post above get so many downvotes??? It's 100% true and not snarky or anything. I'm confused.