Re: Vista exceeds Apple's installed base in first five weeks of shipment!

In article <1i24q1u.2hfujnl5gdyvN%notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Hayes) wrote:

Alan Baker <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1i248au.184eaj51udpt6vN%notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Peter Hayes) wrote:

Alan Baker <alangbaker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <1185836511.319654.323500@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Edwin <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jul 30, 5:54 pm, Alan Baker <alangba...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In article <1185835808.565157.291...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,

Edwin <thorn...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

"The install base of Windows computers this coming 12 months
will reach one billion," said Steve Ballmer, Microsoft's CEO.
"If you stop and think about that for a second, by end of our
fiscal year '08 there will be more PCs running Windows in the
world than there are automobiles, which to me is kind of a
mind-numbing concept."

Pretty much everything numbs Ballmer's mind.

Where does a twerp like you get off making fun of Ballmer?

Oh, come *on*, Edwin.

Do the math, for once in your life:

The world's population is something like 6.5 billion and approximately
1.8 billion of them are age 14 and under. That leaves 4.7 billion.

Why discount those under 14? Probably half of them in the developed
world have computers in their bedrooms making them the single biggest
demograph.

No. Not even close to half, Peter. The developed world has poor people
too, and lots of households with decent enough income don't really see a
point in having more than one computer for the household.

Most kids here have computers at school. Those without machines at home
feel disenfranchised, that and peer pressure has made a computer in the
kid's room a necessity for many. And it's amazing what many poor parents
will sacrifice for the welfare of their offspring.

Produce some data, Peter.

I support individuals as well as businesses and IME, most homes have
*one* computer.

--
Alan Baker
Vancouver, British Columbia
"If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall
to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you
sit in the bottom of that cupboard."
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