Slightly depressing day.

thumbtacks wrote:

For instance, this graph assumes that Apple's marketshare will continue to drop (along with Linux). Where is the data for that? 

Competition? I was at a Red Hat event in NYC yesterday, 40 people, maybe 20 PC laptops all with Widows except the Red Hat guy who had Fedora and he would only show me the browser. 

That graph may be wrong, but not for the reasons you would imagine

Yes, I expect Windows Next to be part of the equation by 2009.

thumbtacks wrote:



eagle wrote:  eagle wrote: Gartner has access to all the sales figures and the projections are made after careful analysis of many companies manufacturing base and capital investment. . Who is manufacturing computers with Linux?

Beercosoftware! Anyway, why would that even be necessary anyway? Sure it would be nice, though, but it's not difficult to pick up a secondary hard drive and install Linux on it. Dual boot is a little trickier for some, however. Say, have you ever tried installing a version of it? It helps sometimes to know what the competition is up to.

intrepid wrote:



Not quite. My point was that people are looking at Apple because it's looks easy and pretty - and they are forgetting the reason they use Windows in the first place. I get 2-3 customers a day saying "Why can't I install this PC game on my Mac?" or "Why won't this device work?" - and I say "Some companies won't spend money developing for a computer with a less-than 5% marketshare. That's why we recommend Windows."
...and then they run off crying at their bad choice. Well they should.

ScanIAm wrote:



thumbtacks wrote: eagle wrote:  eagle wrote: Gartner has access to all the sales figures and the projections are made after careful analysis of many companies manufacturing base and capital investment. . Who is manufacturing computers with Linux? Beercosoftware! Anyway, why would that even be necessary anyway? Sure it would be nice, though, but it's not difficult to pick up a secondary hard drive and install Linux on it. Dual boot is a little trickier for some, however. Say, have you ever tried installing a version of it? It helps sometimes to know what the competition is up to.

Er, who is Beercosoftware?

Massif wrote:



ScanIAm wrote:  thumbtacks wrote:  eagle wrote:  eagle wrote: Gartner has access to all the sales figures and the projections are made after careful analysis of many companies manufacturing base and capital investment. . Who is manufacturing computers with Linux? Beercosoftware! Anyway, why would that even be necessary anyway? Sure it would be nice, though, but it's not difficult to pick up a secondary hard drive and install Linux on it. Dual boot is a little trickier for some, however. Say, have you ever tried installing a version of it? It helps sometimes to know what the competition is up to. Er, who is Beercosoftware?

Speaking of Beer28, I visited BeerCo today as you piqued my curiousity. They've recently started developing Windows Apps due to customer demand.

blowdart wrote:

Ack don't mention him three times or he'll come back

I guess I'll be seeing you know who in Denver at the next Microsoft Partners conference along with several Mac's running Windows Vista.