| ChichiriMuyo said: It's actually already happening. It's just a slow process. The world doesn't change overnight when there is an already established system in place. But as MS's grasp on the OS world weakens so too will the reliance software makers have on them. But that's really got little to do with their business practices, which indeed will not be changed by this matter. |
To be honest, I don't really see Microsofts grip on the OS market slipping. As this link
( http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=2 ) shows Windows Vista market share is already greater than Mac OS and MacIntel combined.
This article ( http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=34491 ) shows that market share has actually dipped for OSX (dated September 2006)
This article
( http://www.theinquirer.netdefault.aspx?article=34491 )
shows that although the Mac marketshare is growing, it actually slipped again in March.
However, it is without doubt that the Windows market share is slowly slipping, but it's slipping incredibly slowly,
and even if you do factor in other OSs it's still above 90% and will remain to be for a very long time.
Maybe, in 2020 Microsoft might loose that number 1 position when I unleash my OS among the world...
