[OT] Market Share

[Mark Smith]

OTOH, Chipp, wouldn't it make more sense for  developers be more  
interested in installed base, rather than the last years market  
share? (Not that I have any idea what those figures might be). And  
even then, if you're developing in a particular area, these installed  
base/market share figures can be wildly different anyway.

I mean, no-one can seriously deny that the majority of the world is  
using Windows, but this does not at all mean that the other OS's  
should simply  be ignored by the business-minded developer. I know  
you know that, and I know that this list is hardly a place where the  
Macintosh needs much defending, but I think the point is worth  
making. After all, Rev's cross platform ability is one of it's  
biggest plus-points for many here.

Not that it's a perfect metaphor, but while Toyota is obviously a  
much bigger company than BMW, is a BMW dealership necessarily a worse  
business than a Toyota dealership? (I read somewhere that BMWs market  
share is around 1 to 2%).


Best,

Mark

On 29 Jun 2006, at 21:28, Chipp Walters wrote:

> On 6/29/06, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> If 90% of home PCs run Windows and 10% run OSX, yet 50% of the  
>> Windows users
>> use a pirated copy whilst for OSX it is only 5%, what is the  
>> market share?
>
> Where do you find this statistic? In America, regarding XP, I'm SURE
> it's wrong, as MS's copy protection features are absolutely the
> industry's best. Microsoft can now detect a pirated machine and
> completely disable it from being used. All that's needed is a
> connection to the internet. For anyone wanting not to go through many
> 'format and replace all' scenarios, they would be wise to pay for XP.
> Even hacked copies from China don't securely bypass MS's latest copy
> protection. If you don't believe me, just try getting one of the
> latest security updates from MS on a hacked version of XP and see what
> happens.
>
> OTOH, Apple has no copy protection on their software, so my *GUESS* is
> that OSX is pirated more often (% wise) than WinXP. I have a separate
> registered version of WinXP for each PC I have (5). Not to mention,
> it's hard nowadays to EVEN BUY a computer without XP already
> installed.
>
> One good think about XP, is they don't hit you up every 18 months for
> another $125 for a new OS with minor changes like Apple does.
>
> -Chipp
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