hijinx

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   by hijinx 7y ago

   Emotion has nothing to do with it. A strong, functional middle class is critical for the economic health of the nation, as will as it's ability to survive as a Democracy. With very, very few exceptions - wealth disparity is inversely
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   by hijinx 13y ago

   I am going to have to recant I guess. Quickly looking through the IDC, Gartner, World Bank and Strategy Analytics numbers, I can't find something to cite. If you look at global device shipment numbers from 1996 - 2013 and plot shipmen
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   by hijinx 13y ago

   I did a quick check right now and couldn't find it either (always easy to find shipment numbers, but not user base). I am pretty sure it was an IDC or Gartner chart that I saw that showed worldwide pc users per year. Let me do some c
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   by hijinx 13y ago

   In 2001 the PC install base was less than a 10th of what it is today. Raw sales are kind of a terrible comparison. Relevant to MS's revenue, sure, but not a good means of comparison. The better comparison would be the relative marke
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   by hijinx 13y ago

   I think they both merit discussion, as one enables the other. Ignoring corruption, the super wealthy can set the topic if not the tone of discourse for entire nations (and increasingly do).