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I was actually afraid that I'd get downvoted for this comment, but I was perfectly serious. A lot of the arguments I hear about Android, iOS, etc rhyme with ar
by CoffeeDregs 15y ago
I was actually afraid that I'd get downvoted for this comment, but I was perfectly serious. A lot of the arguments I hear about Android, iOS, etc rhyme with arguments from 20 years ago: I loved using Macs and I used OS/2, and I didn't listen to the market, preferring instead to argue that the technologies I used were superior. I certainly was correct, but both technologies nearly died in the face of Microsoft's "Church of Marketshare". "Strategy by analogy" is dangerous, but, in this case, I'd put the burden of proof on those who argue marketshare is not supremely important.
- MaysonL 15y agoOf course, at the moment MS is losing the Mac vs. Windows battle: OSX and its bastard stepchild iOS are grabbing market share, and amazingly enough, market share in the enterprise market.
- CoffeeDregs 15y agoAgreed. But that's 15+ years, N Microsoft missteps and a radical MacOS recode later... I wouldn't bet on that occurring twice (save for the fact that Apple seems bent on trying to repeat it).
- chii 15y agoi do not believe MS is losing market share to OSX in the enterprise. I _might_ believe that MS is losing some marketshare in consumer computing to OSX (especially uni students).
- MaysonL 15y agoSee, for example: http://www.asymco.com/2012/01/10/enter-prise/ http://www.asymco.com/2012/01/10/enter-prise/