Apologies

[William T Goodall]

On 19 Mar 2008, at 12:30, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>
> William T Goodall wrote:
>> Nick Arnett wrote:
>>> Hmmm... the cult of Macintosh. It is like a religion with many
>>> people, you know. Creepy sometimes.
>
>> Calling Mac users a cult is like calling atheists a religion. One of
>> those rhetorical devices where you turn the turn the truth upside  
>> >down.
>
>> Microsoft is much more like a cult, in Redmond/Mordor trying to
>> forge the One OS/Ring to bind all the users in darkness :-)
>
> I dunno.  I think Nick's right.  Apple fanatics are like a small,
> fringe cult; let's say the Jim Jones' group.

Apple's market share (14% of US retail in February) is more than large  
enough to be mainstream and has been for the last couple of years.  
Linux on the other hand really does seem to have a cult-like following.


> Whereas Microsoft is
> more like one of the large, established monolithic religions with
> millions of followers and lots more money to throw around on
> converting the masses.  :-p
>

Microsoft's market share peaked a few years ago. The question is how  
far and how fast it will decline.


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