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	<title>Comments on: Mac hits record 7.8% market share in Net Applications survey</title>
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		<title>By: Aaron Goldstein, NYC, NY</title>
		<link>http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/06/01/mac-hits-record-78-market-share-in-net-applications-survey/#comment-11557</link>
		<dc:creator>Aaron Goldstein, NYC, NY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 10:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Die already Microsoft...</description>
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		<title>By: NYC, NY</title>
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		<dc:creator>NYC, NY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:18:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, so owning an iPhone makes you a Mac user now?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, so owning an iPhone makes you a Mac user now?</p>
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		<title>By: iSmashPhone, Philadelphia PA</title>
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		<dc:creator>iSmashPhone, Philadelphia PA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Some of the sites I am running have the following OS breakdown for its visitors:

60% Windows

30% OSX

10% Linux



All sites are technology related.

I do not know what this number mean but I bet other site owners will reports similar pattern.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some of the sites I am running have the following OS breakdown for its visitors:</p>
<p>60% Windows</p>
<p>30% OSX</p>
<p>10% Linux</p>
<p>All sites are technology related.</p>
<p>I do not know what this number mean but I bet other site owners will reports similar pattern.</p>
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		<title>By: Nodack Phoenix AZ</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nodack Phoenix AZ</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just wanted to point out that of course iPhone sales have dropped the last couplle of months. Anybody that is interested in an iPhone that has a half a brain wouldn&#039;t buy a new iPhone now when a new and improved model is due to come out any day.



The new Blackberrys have already come out and they have been really advertising like crazy, so if I was a betting nan I would guess that their sales have gone up in the last couple of months.



Last year Apple took a lot of heat on their back to school promotions from the media until the numbers came in. The only time I worry about Apple&#039;s moves is when the media doesn&#039;t question them. As long as the media thinks they are crazy, I know they are on the right path.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just wanted to point out that of course iPhone sales have dropped the last couplle of months. Anybody that is interested in an iPhone that has a half a brain wouldn&#039;t buy a new iPhone now when a new and improved model is due to come out any day.</p>
<p>The new Blackberrys have already come out and they have been really advertising like crazy, so if I was a betting nan I would guess that their sales have gone up in the last couple of months.</p>
<p>Last year Apple took a lot of heat on their back to school promotions from the media until the numbers came in. The only time I worry about Apple&#039;s moves is when the media doesn&#039;t question them. As long as the media thinks they are crazy, I know they are on the right path.</p>
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		<title>By: Martin K, Washington</title>
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		<dc:creator>Martin K, Washington</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:21:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cynik, &quot;Sam gave the ball to Pat and me&quot; IS correct and is better than the passive, &quot;Pat and I were given the ball by Sam.&quot;



I don&#039;t know if you&#039;re a native English speaker, but you&#039;re wrong. Sorry.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cynik, &#034;Sam gave the ball to Pat and me&#034; IS correct and is better than the passive, &#034;Pat and I were given the ball by Sam.&#034;</p>
<p>I don&#039;t know if you&#039;re a native English speaker, but you&#039;re wrong. Sorry.</p>
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		<title>By: dragon10, Belgrade Serbia</title>
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		<dc:creator>dragon10, Belgrade Serbia</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 08:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I run vista, but usualy use Safari for browsing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I run vista, but usualy use Safari for browsing.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim, Rotterdam, the Netherlands</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim, Rotterdam, the Netherlands</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Another Big Foot in the Mouth post for PED.</description>
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		<title>By: jmmx, Portland OR</title>
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		<dc:creator>jmmx, Portland OR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It does not really matter how you want to define &quot;market share&quot; or any other term. As has been pointed out below (by ACW of NY), The only thing that these statistics can hope to tell us is a trend. The data have relevance ONLY in relation to previous reports. The fact that I am using 3 or 4 different browsers means little, as I will be using the same 4 browsers next month.



Even this in not conclusive however as:

1- The universe of sites that Net Applications uses is constantly changing, and

2- users change their habits at different times. For example, At christmas time people do a lot of online shopping. I suspect that they are more likely to do this from home. So this might influence the outcome.



Still - I think it shows useful trends.



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One observation - as Window OS looses aprox half a percentage point share (of previous value), Mac OS gains roughly 5.5%. That is a big gain! (GO MAC!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It does not really matter how you want to define &#034;market share&#034; or any other term. As has been pointed out below (by ACW of NY), The only thing that these statistics can hope to tell us is a trend. The data have relevance ONLY in relation to previous reports. The fact that I am using 3 or 4 different browsers means little, as I will be using the same 4 browsers next month.</p>
<p>Even this in not conclusive however as:</p>
<p>1- The universe of sites that Net Applications uses is constantly changing, and</p>
<p>2- users change their habits at different times. For example, At christmas time people do a lot of online shopping. I suspect that they are more likely to do this from home. So this might influence the outcome.</p>
<p>Still &#8211; I think it shows useful trends.</p>
<p>&#8212;</p>
<p>One observation &#8211; as Window OS looses aprox half a percentage point share (of previous value), Mac OS gains roughly 5.5%. That is a big gain! (GO MAC!)</p>
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		<title>By: cynik, zurich, switzerland</title>
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		<dc:creator>cynik, zurich, switzerland</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>“Sam gave the ball to Pat and me.” is not &#039;correct&#039;. It sounds clumsy. A much better way to say it would be to say &quot;Pat and I were given the ball by Sam.&quot;



It is unusual for a person to refer to themselves in the subjective case with reference to inanimate objects, especially gifts. It is a slippery slope. You end up being with doors hitting you, your watch breaks on you, your PC refuses to tell you things, and so on.



If you&#039;re strong enough to take the nominative, however, you run into doors, you break your watch, and you buy a Mac.



The statement further begs the question of how one ball could be given to two people, but that can&#039;t be resolved through select grammar.



&quot;data&quot; is a foreign word, so you have the choice of arguing about its usage, or preferring the English equivalent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>“Sam gave the ball to Pat and me.” is not &#039;correct&#039;. It sounds clumsy. A much better way to say it would be to say &#034;Pat and I were given the ball by Sam.&#034;</p>
<p>It is unusual for a person to refer to themselves in the subjective case with reference to inanimate objects, especially gifts. It is a slippery slope. You end up being with doors hitting you, your watch breaks on you, your PC refuses to tell you things, and so on.</p>
<p>If you&#039;re strong enough to take the nominative, however, you run into doors, you break your watch, and you buy a Mac.</p>
<p>The statement further begs the question of how one ball could be given to two people, but that can&#039;t be resolved through select grammar.</p>
<p>&#034;data&#034; is a foreign word, so you have the choice of arguing about its usage, or preferring the English equivalent.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim, Breinigsville, PA</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim, Breinigsville, PA</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:33:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congrats Apple, but I think the real story here is the Linux growth. Linux desktop year over year growth is near 100%. Considering they have a huge footprint in the under-reported server market, this looks good to me.



Interestingly, there are 11 windows users per mac user and there are 11 mac users per linux user. Or maybe, I just find that interesting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Congrats Apple, but I think the real story here is the Linux growth. Linux desktop year over year growth is near 100%. Considering they have a huge footprint in the under-reported server market, this looks good to me.</p>
<p>Interestingly, there are 11 windows users per mac user and there are 11 mac users per linux user. Or maybe, I just find that interesting.</p>
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