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Re: [News] The O/S Market is Changing...

  • Subject: Re: [News] The O/S Market is Changing...
  • From: Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:12:01 -0500
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • References: <1160890989.726108.264180@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <1e7h286qu6gql.dlg@funkenbusch.com> <reply_in_group-A3A7B2.14480515102006@news.supernews.com>
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  • Xref: news.mcc.ac.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:1169841
On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:48:05 -0700, Tim Smith wrote:

> In article <1e7h286qu6gql.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>  Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| 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.
>>> `----
>>> 
>>> http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2006/10/12/arts/16162.shtml
>>> 
>>> How many of these non-Macs are converted into Linux or made dual-boot?
>> 
>> Uhh.. what?
>> 
>> 45%?  I find that extremely hard to beleive.  I doubt Apple could meet
>> production for 100 million Mac's (PC's are 200 Million unit per year market
>> last i saw).
> 
> I believe that the incoming Princeton freshman class is a wee bit 
> smaller than 200 million.

I wasn't able to read the article because the web site won't load.  I'm not
sure why you seem to be able to get to it...

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