Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 4th Feb 2004 05:34 UTC
According to statistics, Java continues to have the crown of the most used VM-based platform in the industry. However, Microsoft's C# and .NET gain ground every day. While C# might or might not overcome Java in the following years, the fact remains that more and more programmers want the choice of C# among their developer tools. So, where does this situation leave Apple?
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"Latest statistics show Apple below 2% of global desktop usage"
When I hear comments like this I want to screm. The context you are using it suggests that Apple's marketshare equates to two percent of all computers being used.
As has been repeated time and time again, market share is a figure generated by rterly or anual sales figures. It doesn't translate to the more accurate statistic "installed base (which is the context you used in this instance)
Macs tend to not be replaced quite as often as their Windows PC counterparts. Because of this, a new PC is bought and sold for the same single individual many times over while the Mac user will have continued to use the same computer for far much longer.
I know this is off topic, but it needed to be said lest an even greater number of consumers be mislead by the figure and be hesitant to upgrade to a Mac and thus make this misapropriate of facts a self fullfilled prophecy.