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>For Microsoft the situation is not as good. The combined share of Redmond’s different operating systems fell from 97% in 2000 to an estimated 20% in 2012. Appl
by recoiledsnake 14y ago
>For Microsoft the situation is not as good. The combined share of Redmond’s different operating systems fell from 97% in 2000 to an estimated 20% in 2012. Apple, with OS X and iOS, grabs a 24% share.
So does this mean anti-monopoly restrictions must be lifted on Microsoft in the US and the EU? Why is Microsoft being unfairly targeted by, for example, being forced to include a browser choosing dialog in the EU while Apple gets a free pass for Safari inspite of having a higher marketshare and the lockdown of alternate browser engines and Javascript interpreters on iPhones and iPads?
- guard-of-terra 14y agoThey might be. I don't see the point of forced browser choosing given that the browser market is very competitive right now.
- bmuon 14y agoThat's far from true in the iOS ecosystem.
- azakai 14y ago> the browser market is very competitive right now. The important bit is "right now". It used to be competitive before IE6's stranglehold. And today, we can see a single implementation rapidly rising in marketshare, if that continues then we may have a non-competitive marketplace in the not-so-far future. In fact already right now WebKit has a dominant position in mobile, and many sites only work in WebKit. So even if the market is fairly healthy right now, we still need to be careful that doesn't change. The current trend hints that it will.
- vidarh 14y agoThe anti-trust restrictions on Microsoft have always specifically targeted their behaviour in the desktop PC market.
- intruderii 14y agoIsn't that distinction starting to become arbitrary? If trends continue, we're going to see a convergence between the mobile and desktop PC markets.