statCounter: Apple's iOS About to Exceed Windows in Terms of "Market Share" (Despite Windows Being 'Sold' for Less)
Vista 11 is only about 5% of the "market share" (as measured by Web connections), so there's not much incentive to properly test Vista 11 changes (usually super-sizing on bloat in order to fake "demand" for "hey hi"):
LAST month, and quite early in that month, we learned that managers at Microsoft were nervous and anxious because they knew what was coming, more or less. Then, twice in the same month there were mass layoffs. Things appear to be slipping out of control and tariffs would only worsen adoption of Windows, which is already floundering. iOS is now measured at 20% and Windows (all versions combined) at 21%.
Is Microsoft even viable as a company without Windows? No wonder it aggressively spams a lot of sites with OOXML (Office) promotions, saying you can "get it for life" (your life will probably be a lot longer than Microsoft's).
Having included the quote below twice today (so far, this time will be the third), one person said* that "the implications of the 1998 loss are that the company has likely been in the red ever since and hides that through acquisitions and debt loading".
To quote: "Debt loading is an unscrupulous practice sometimes employed by entrepreneurs and businesses facing bankruptcy. Debt loading works by spending all cash reserves, maxing out lines of credit and credit cards, and failing to pay bills in anticipation of filing for bankruptcy protection. Essentially, the business loads up on as much debt as possible before attempting to clear the debt by filing for bankruptcy."
What will happen to Microsoft when (not if) Windows dies? █
"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."
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* "It's gone from their main site," said this person, "but thanks for finding the article from The Economist". It was in "The Economist" (1999)... and now people "can't find it" (error page)... so they end up "slogging through IA" to get another URL...