Comments on: MS Down, Mac, Linux Up

By: Coin

Coin — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:48:24 +0000

Cracks in the dam – and when the critical point is reached, the dam fails almost instantaneously. Just like this metaphor.Checkmate!

By: decrepitoldfool

decrepitoldfool — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:39:10 +0000

I work in the Microsoftest college on campus, and though our desktop base is all PC+MS, we are acquiring more Apple servers. And I am seeing a huge uptick in the number of macbooks being toted around by our ever-so-earnest business majors.Cracks in the dam – and when the critical point is reached, the dam fails almost instantaneously. Just like this metaphor.

By: chezjake

chezjake — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:18:36 +0000

Another thing you need to be aware of — NPD only reports sales through mass-market big box stores, so none of Apple’s sales through its own stores or through any internet retailers are included. I’d imagine that that also excludes a lot of sales of Linux systems. (This info on NPD is buried among a lot of other stuff in this report: http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/FFE4A8E2-9816-4344-9FB0-61BED246674C.html )

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:34:53 +0000

Hey, I’m a Linux Jingoist! Who cares about FACTS!

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:14:33 +0000

Unfortunately, your source doesn’t provide enough information to give a reader any confidence that their market analysis is accurate. They point to NPD.com but there is nothing on the NPD website that indicates an analysis of computer sales.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:08:46 +0000

I think this says more about how horrid Vista is, than Linux and Mac.