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[News] Apple Bites Into Microsoft's Market Share, Too

Relevance: this helps break the monopoly and force developers to consider
interoperability.

Apple marketshare up 31% this year, browsershare up 45%

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| It faces a challenge in that most computer manufacturers sell to
| people with existing computers that are growing old.
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http://aapl.bloggingstocks.com/2006/12/08/apple-marketshare-up-31-this-year-browsershare-up-45/


Related:

Apple's EU sales are thrice as nice

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| The European business of Apple Computer had sales of $4.1
| billion (£2.2 billion) in the 12 months to the end of September
| -- more than the combined total for its 2002, 2003 and 2004
| financial years.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2095-2415362,00.html

Students are Mac-in' it

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| Dude, you're getting a Dell! Well ... maybe not any more. According
| to the Office of Information Technology (OIT), 45 percent of
| computers  purchased this year were Macs, more than in any
| previous year. In 2003, when this year's seniors arrived
| on campus, just 15 percent of them chose Macs.
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http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/10/12/arts/16162.shtml 


Apple retail wrap-up: first Scotland and Italy locations to open in '07

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| Apple's fiscal year 2006 ended on September 30 with Apple having
| opened the doors to 41 retail stores in the previous 12 months,
| exactly on target with estimates offered by Apple executives at
| the start of the year.
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http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0611retailwrapup.html


Apple's Mac OS Market Share Spikes to 5.21 Percent - Up 35 Percent Year Over
Year - Growth Accelerates

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| Key Percent Increases
| 
|     * Up 52.8 percent since January 2005
|     * Up 48.0 percent since April 2005 (Mac OS X Tiger launched April
|       29, 2005)
|     * Up 23.8 percent January to October 2006 - despite Intel transition
|     * Up 10.4 percent since September 2006
|     * Up 20.3 percent since August 2006
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http://switchtoamac.com/site/apples-mac-os-market-share-spikes-to-521-percent-up-35-percent-year-over-year-growth-accelerates.html

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