Microsoft Windows in BRICS Laptops/Desktops: Monopoly Bricked?
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2023-05-03 05:04:23 UTC
- Modified: 2023-05-03 05:04:40 UTC
(Not even counting Android;
Microsoft Windows is only on a quarter of Internet-connected computers by such measures)
Windows market share in
Brazil: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)
Windows market share in
Russia: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)
Windows market share in
India: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)
Windows market share in
China: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)
Windows market share in
South Africa: (laptops/desktops only, not counting mobile)
Summary: An "Unknown" OS (not Windows) is taking market share away from Windows; whatever is going on with these statistics, it seems clear Microsoft isn't coping with a fast-changing world, hence so many layoffs (far more than 10,000 -- the "official" number that media loves parroting without investigating; Microsoft is 42 billion dollars in debt and the debt grew more than tenfold since 2010)
"Microsoft, the world’s most valuable company, declared a profit of $4.5 billion in 1998; when the cost of options awarded that year, plus the change in the value of outstanding options, is deducted, the firm made a loss of $18 billion, according to Smithers."
--The Economist, 1999
