On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:09:37 -0500, flatfish+++ wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 23:23:53 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ Bob Kolker ] on Sunday 28 January 2007 22:39 \__
>>
>>> Mike Cox wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Wishfull thinking, or do you really think a market share increase
>>>> that is only 1 point greater than the year before follows an
>>>> exponential growth rate? Maybe our friends at sci.math can help you
>>>> with your mathematics..
>>>
>>> A market share that is 1.0001 times as great as the year before will
>>> grow exponentially. Simple math. Read a book on calculus and learn
>>> something.
>>>
>>> Given any number W however large there is an integer k such that
>>> (1.0001) to the k-th power exceeds W.
>>>
>>> Bob Kolker
>>
>>
>> Next Gen, Mission-Critical Apps To Be Deployed on Linux Says Report
>
> I prefer this one:
>
> http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3627061
>
> "For the desktop, market share in mature markets will be single digits
> in five years...."
>
> That pretty much jives with what we are seeing.
By this logic, a bank account starting with a dime growing with
compounded interest will never reach a dollar...
-Thufir
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