Look Out Macintosh!

shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au shaun_oliver at optusnet.com.au
Fri Sep 13 14:26:29 EDT 2002


I'll take that bet,
and even go so far as to suggest that linux may well push mackentosh
far enough out of the loop so as to be a real threat to microsludge.
Having said that however, it's already a real threat. especially in the
area of accessability for disabled persons.
oh well,
just my australian $0.20

On
Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 02:14:53PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> Yesterday's Wall Street Journal contained some interesting numbers on desktop market shares. Of course, you know who's products has the lion's share.
> But check out these two numbers for number two and number three:
> 
> Macintosh	3.1%
> Linux		2.7%
> 
> Seems to me Mac may be number three by this time next year? Anyone wanna bet on that?
> 
> -- 
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> 				Janina Sajka, Director
> 				Technology Research and Development
> 				Governmental Relations Group
> 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> 
> Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175
> 
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Shaun Oliver


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