Star Short Commentary: Will Apple Go .NET?
Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 4th Feb 2004 05:34 UTC
Apple 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. "

No, that is what statistics and polls get you its not just figured by annual sales. They pick an area and they do surveys.

" 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. "

From a personal standpoint I find this statement inaccurate. My 9600 I have had for years still is in use and works quite well, but my iBook, died after 2 years, my G4 tower after a year and a half and my new TiBook keeps developing little problems and Apple cant seem to fix it. From my standpoint this is the last Mac I will buy.

" 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. "

I want mislead and i took your post as someone needing to vent, which is okay sometimes I need to vent to when I hear something utterly stupid and ridiculous, not refering to your post but to some articles.