Apparently, the key to getting Macs accepted in the enterprise is by winning the hearts and minds of the people, including CIOs. Now, where I work, that’s impossible because if you’re not using Windows and other Microsoft products by default and without consideration for alternatives, you’re an impure heathen and a heretic. Now, more than [...]
Well, this ought to give the Microsoft cultists seizures. According to Piper Jaffray’s chief Apple analyst, the Mac’s market share in the consumer space is now at 21% in the US and 10% world-wide. Almost every day, I’m surrounded by people who consider using any non-Microsoft product is heresy. Much to their chagrin, I was [...]
I’ve been doing a fair bit of thinking lately, and perhaps my previous post about Windows users was a bit hasty. You see, Windows does have 90% of the market. That must mean they’re doing something right. There’s no way they would have gotten that market share without being the best platform. Well, the [...]
I found this nice little nugget suggesting why Apple won’t take over the industry the way Microsoft did. He’s not suggesting that Apple’s success won’t continue or that it won’t continue gaining market share at the expense of Microsoft, but that Apple won’t be the next Microsoft. He makes the excellent point that the [...]
