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Only because Microsoft had a near-monopoly that much resembles Apple today
by jonmrodriguez 15y ago
Only because Microsoft had a near-monopoly that much resembles Apple today
- megablast 15y agoI am sorry, what? Where is Apple's monopoly, except on mobile industry profits? You have heard of Android and Samsung, right?
- fjarlq 15y agoApple has a near-monopoly like Microsoft? In what way? iPhone has only 15% of the worldwide smartphone market, and that share shrank slightly 3Q11 vs. 3Q10. Meanwhile Android went from 25.3% 3Q10 worldwide smartphone market to 52.5% 3Q11. In one year they doubled their share and tripled their quarterly units-shipped (20.5M to 60.5M). Source: Gartner, November 2011 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1848514 http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1848514 And Microsoft still has 92% of the desktop OS market, and holding: http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=9&qpcustomb=0 http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-shar...
- jonmrodriguez 15y agoYou're right, I should have looked up the actual stats and I was just guessing. Should I delete my above incorrect comment or leave it there?
- fjarlq 15y agoAn honest mistake...no worries, just leave it.