ArnoldRimmer said:
That "20% market share" number is most probably a quote from that Goldman Sachs/IDC study from early December. Goldman Sachs / IDC decided that being 2012, it's getting more and more inappropriate/unrealistic to consider desktop PCs as the only relevant type of computing device. So they decided that from now on, they don't exclusively look at desktop PCs to judge market share, but also smartphones, tablets etc. So instead of exclusively looking at numbers that still look favourable for Microsoft, these evil Microsoft-haters at IDC / Goldman Sachs decided to adopt their criteria to real-world scenarios.
Seriously: The article may be very exaggerated, but the general consensus is right. |
You can't claim he's exagerrating then say the general consensus is right when is entire reasoning is based on figures that are incorrect. You cannot compare a market share figure falling from 95% to 20% when the content being measured is different, it's ridiculous. If you have the current equivalent figure or the old figures encapsulating smartphone and tablets included then you can start to make some analysis. This is quite literally an analysis based on his feeling not actual fact. Whether he is right in some of his conlusions is irrelevant if the process he got to get there is completely bonkers. The article is a joke and shouldn't in any way be taken as a serious analysis of the market situation.
Microsoft have never had a strong presence in the tablet or phone sector so the only thing they're a victim of is declining PC sales as they're not losing out to anyone else really in the desktop OS sector. It's a bit early to be putting the boot into surface until it's had a good year in the market to establish itself as a valid alternative to Apple and Android devices.
