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____/ bbgruff on Wednesday 06 Jul 2011 16:20 : \____
> On Wednesday 06 July 2011 14:30 chrisv wrote:
>
>> Book of Job wrote:
>>
>>> I'd argue the claim that an increase in mobile devices is
>>>leading to a drop in Windows market share. The two are entirely
>>>different markets, and I'd expect that the people browsing websites
>>>from their mobile devices primarily do so as a supplement to--not a
>>>replacement for--their Windows desktops.
>>
>> Different markets, maybe, but a lot of overlap in function.
>>
>> The "market share" of desktop Windows may not be affected a lot by
>> smartphones, but the *usage* of Windows certainly is.
>>
>> The reduced dependance on the desktop will (negatively) affect how
>> often people will upgrade their desktop machines (and thus buy another
>> Windows license).
>>
>> And a huge number of people are just learning that it's quite possible
>> to do what they need to do without Micro$oft or Windows.
>
> Thanks Chris - that's superbly put, and imo much better than my own response
> to BofJ.
> As you say, Windows is probably not suffering much in terms of the % of
> desktops//laptops which use it.
> If however one considers the "market" as the total functions that
> traditionally required a desktop/laptop, *that* "usage share" is very
> emphatically starting to slip from Microsoft.
> Hence of course the reason why flatfish and her ilk were so keen to try to
> keep the conversation on strictly the traditional desktop :-)
Gary nymshifted to a female again?
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