__/ [ N*xN*x, flagrantly flaunting n00bity ] on Monday 21 May 2007 09:40 \__
> 17 May 2007,Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> in
> news:5573432.xSl40Wx0Ug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
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>> A Tale of Two OSes: Vista vs. Mac OS X
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>>| While book sales are far from comprehensive as a technology trend
>>| indicator, they can provide insight into consumer enthusiasm for
>>| new products. We've been eagerly awaiting enough data on sales of
>>| Microsoft Vista books to see what they tell us about the market's
>>| enthusiasm for the product. The graph below shows the Bookscan data
>>| on sales of books on Vista vs. Windows XP. As you can see, XP books
>>| continue to sell strongly despite the fact that Vista now is the
>>| dominant Windows OS.
>> `----
>>
>> http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/05/a_tale_of_two_o.html
>>
>
> "Reader Dan Zambonini pointed out the similarities in the Google Trend
> search for Windows versions, where searches for Vista peaked above searches
> for XP, but now have fallen back below it:[img]"
>
> a flurry of attempts to find vista fixes, then they gave up?
Hmmm... maybe they started looking up "Fista", not "Vista". They speak with
their fists. Either way, Vista is no longer mentioned quite so often in the
news. The marketing budget has reached the point of dimming and nobody is
truly "Wowed" by the software.
Apple and Linux have enthusiasts. Microsoft has marketing people and shills.
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