Microsoft Market Share Lowest in 15 Years

Published on December 1st, 2008

Posted by John C Dvorak in General

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# 1 rectagon said, on December 1st, 2008 at 5:52 pm

Your rent-a-car link ain’t working.

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# 2 Angel H. Wong said, on December 1st, 2008 at 6:26 pm

Eating your vegetables and going to church every Sunday won’t give you a job unless you give the preacher a love offering.

# 3 deowll said, on December 1st, 2008 at 8:03 pm

I’m not sure what such studies prove. People lie. People have always lied. They lie when asked questions in either direction and some people may not answer the questions.

Of course if God isn’t going to get you for being a lier/cheater…

Anyone who assumes that any game isn’t rigged unless they know the players and can see everything in person…

Net books are _cheap_ but the real story is size. Not sure if this will last. Nobody stuck with the basic idea. Small and cheap. Of course I’d like small but not all that cheap if I can get a little more power.

Okay, I’m not buying because I just don’t need one.

So who figured the market share for MS and how? I know a lot of people and places that seem to be using a lot of linux machines and openoffice.

Apple seems to be doing great with laptops in the states but in most countries the only way Apple is going big time is with cracked software. They weren’t buying MS and they won’t buy Apple.

Apple has to have a 30% mark up.

# 4 MotaMan said, on December 1st, 2008 at 10:44 pm

from that study:

“An overwhelming majority, 83 percent, of public school and private religious school students admitted to lying to their parents about something significant, compared to 78 percent for those attending independent non-religious schools.”

“Despite no significant gender differences on exam cheating, students from non-religious independent schools had the lowest cheating rate, 47 percent, compared to 63 percent of students attending religious schools.”

# 5 pedro said, on December 2nd, 2008 at 4:21 am

To #4. You seem to focus on the religious thing there. No biggie. But forgetting that they mentioned public schools in the same bunch as religious is kinda hypocrite, dontcha think?

And, you think 47% cheating rate is low? that’s 3 out of 7! This kinda percentages are only low in elections if you lost.

# 6 JimD said, on December 2nd, 2008 at 6:28 am

Today’s Teens “thieves and cheaters” ??? They have had EIGHT YEARS OF THE LYING, CHEATING, AND MURDERING BUSH MIS-ADMINISTRATION TO MIMIC !!! No wonder !!!

# 7 JimD said, on December 2nd, 2008 at 6:29 am

Online Poker MIGHT be crooked ??? Chuckle !!!

# 8 MotaMan said, on December 2nd, 2008 at 8:47 am

Pedro,

I pick on religion because in this case because most religions have policy in place that supposedly holds it’s members to a “higher standard”

I do believe all that preaching has become counter productive.

# 9 James Hill said, on December 2nd, 2008 at 9:00 am

Black Friday turned out well… as opposed to what?

You can tell a trend is reversing when everyone has bought in to flawed logic. In this case, the idea that no one would go shopping on Friday when unemployment and gas are at historically low points.

The economic “rebound” started last week, and the stock market will start to turn around in February. You’ll read about it in June, when the media puts two and two together.

# 10 Paddy-O said, on December 2nd, 2008 at 10:37 am

Kinda interesting. However iPhone isn’t a computer OS. But, the fall in OS share is inevitable when you produce a crappy product long enough.

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