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thunder wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:


Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of
time at its launch.

Almost double? Doesn't seem that impressive when you consider the personal
computer
market has almost doubled since XP was introduced. In 2002, there were 51
million PCs sold.
In 2007, 96 million are expected to be sold.

Apple by now has half the market capitalization of Microsoft, which says
something as it is bigger than Oracle, IBM, Intel or HP. Its market
share probably grew 37% last year (estimate for 4th quarter). It is
currently at 8% market share.
And its newest operating system release (Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard") sells
at USD 129 (everyone gets the "ultimate" version) - and is in many ways
more advanced.
But still, in absolute numbers of operating systems sold, Microsoft
rules.

Marc

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In article ,
thunder wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:


Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of
time at its launch.

Almost double? Doesn't seem that impressive when you consider the
personal
computer
market has almost doubled since XP was introduced. In 2002, there were
51
million PCs sold.
In 2007, 96 million are expected to be sold.

Apple by now has half the market capitalization of Microsoft, which says
something as it is bigger than Oracle, IBM, Intel or HP. Its market
share probably grew 37% last year (estimate for 4th quarter). It is
currently at 8% market share.
And its newest operating system release (Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard") sells
at USD 129 (everyone gets the "ultimate" version) - and is in many ways
more advanced.
But still, in absolute numbers of operating systems sold, Microsoft
rules.

Marc

--
remove bye and from mercial to get valid e-mail
http://www.heusser.com

But Apple also includes the selling of 90 million Ipods. Lot of profit
there.

Calif Bill wrote:
"Marc Heusser" d wrote in
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In article ,
thunder wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:


Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of
time at its launch.
Almost double? Doesn't seem that impressive when you consider the
personal
computer
market has almost doubled since XP was introduced. In 2002, there were
51
million PCs sold.
In 2007, 96 million are expected to be sold.
Apple by now has half the market capitalization of Microsoft, which says
something as it is bigger than Oracle, IBM, Intel or HP. Its market
share probably grew 37% last year (estimate for 4th quarter). It is
currently at 8% market share.
And its newest operating system release (Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard") sells
at USD 129 (everyone gets the "ultimate" version) - and is in many ways
more advanced.
But still, in absolute numbers of operating systems sold, Microsoft
rules.

Marc

--
remove bye and from mercial to get valid e-mail
http://www.heusser.com

But Apple also includes the selling of 90 million Ipods. Lot of profit
there.

Maybe Microsoft should include the selling of hundreds of Zune's

BAR wrote:
Calif Bill wrote:
"Marc Heusser" d
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In article ,
thunder wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:


Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same amount of
time at its launch.
Almost double? Doesn't seem that impressive when you consider the
personal
computer
market has almost doubled since XP was introduced. In 2002, there
were 51
million PCs sold.
In 2007, 96 million are expected to be sold.
Apple by now has half the market capitalization of Microsoft, which says
something as it is bigger than Oracle, IBM, Intel or HP. Its market
share probably grew 37% last year (estimate for 4th quarter). It is
currently at 8% market share.
And its newest operating system release (Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard") sells
at USD 129 (everyone gets the "ultimate" version) - and is in many ways
more advanced.
But still, in absolute numbers of operating systems sold, Microsoft
rules.

Marc

--
remove bye and from mercial to get valid e-mail
http://www.heusser.com

But Apple also includes the selling of 90 million Ipods. Lot of
profit there.

Maybe Microsoft should include the selling of hundreds of Zune's


Did they sell that many Zunes? I've never seen one.

HK wrote:
BAR wrote:
Calif Bill wrote:
"Marc Heusser" d
wrote in message ...
In article ,
thunder wrote:

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 12:27:09 -0400, HK wrote:


Despite underwhelming consumers and being snubbed by enterprises,
Windows Vista's numbers keep growing, with Microsoft Corp. saying
Thursday that it has now shipped *88 million copies* of the operating
system, almost double the number of copies of XP in the same
amount of
time at its launch.
Almost double? Doesn't seem that impressive when you consider the
personal
computer
market has almost doubled since XP was introduced. In 2002, there
were 51
million PCs sold.
In 2007, 96 million are expected to be sold.
Apple by now has half the market capitalization of Microsoft, which
says
something as it is bigger than Oracle, IBM, Intel or HP. Its market
share probably grew 37% last year (estimate for 4th quarter). It is
currently at 8% market share.
And its newest operating system release (Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard") sells
at USD 129 (everyone gets the "ultimate" version) - and is in many ways
more advanced.
But still, in absolute numbers of operating systems sold, Microsoft
rules.

Marc

--
remove bye and from mercial to get valid e-mail
http://www.heusser.com

But Apple also includes the selling of 90 million Ipods. Lot of
profit there.

Maybe Microsoft should include the selling of hundreds of Zune's


Did they sell that many Zunes? I've never seen one.

Yes, they did sell a few hundred, but the people who purchased them are
too ashamed to display them. They keep them hidden.

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"Calif Bill" wrote:

"Marc Heusser" d wrote in
message ...

Apple by now has half the market capitalization of Microsoft, which says
something as it is bigger than Oracle, IBM, Intel or HP. Its market
share probably grew 37% last year (estimate for 4th quarter). It is
currently at 8% market share.
And its newest operating system release (Mac OS X 10.5 "Leopard") sells
at USD 129 (everyone gets the "ultimate" version) - and is in many ways
more advanced.
But still, in absolute numbers of operating systems sold, Microsoft
rules.

Marc

But Apple also includes the selling of 90 million Ipods. Lot of profit
there.

Above numbers of market share are for computers (desktop and laptop - in
laptops it is even higher).
in iPods it is rather like 70%.
As for the valuation: it also includes the iPhone - but luckily all
three divisions are profitable.
Anyway: Back to boating :-)

Marc

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