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Yeah, except iTunes and the App store don't actually make any money whilst the PC software business was worth $303.8bn by the start of last year, of which only at absolute most $60bn was attributable to Microsoft during that period. The sector has only grown since then, whilst Apple is still only just about breaking even with it's online stores.

So nice theory, but unfortunately it seems you're completely and utterly wrong. You might want to consider looking for facts to back up your assertions in future. The reality is you have absolutely no idea how many apps the average PC users buys and for how much compared to iPhone users. Most prominently though, you seem to have completely and utterly forgotten about business. The iPhone is primarily a consumer phone with no worthwhile showing in the business market, hence why RIM is so successful in business phones because that's what it does best. Businesses spend a fortune on software from vendors big and small, this is why the PC software market is not a failure, whilst in comparison the iPhone app store isn't exactly a massive money spinner, all it really does is act as a vehicle for increasing popularity of the hardware and phone contracts- where the real money is. If Apple were to make money from software, they would need to venture out into the world of business, but they have shown numerous times they are not interested in that.

If you're going to talk about software markets, please at least do a little bit of research to understand them first, rather than just simply making it all up as you go along.

"Seriously, this number seems low to me."

Considering Q3 2008 AMD only had a profit of $80 million and AMD lost 3 billion last year, I'd say they've very happy getting 1.25 billion from Intel.

Also let's not forget 1.25 billion is 25% of Intel's 2008 profit so it's not exactly spare change.

I'd imagine AMD is throwing a big party right about now.

"Seriously, this number seems low to me."

Considering Q3 2008 AMD only had a profit of $80 million and AMD lost 3 billion last year, I'd say they've very happy getting 1.25 billion from Intel.

Also let's not forget 1.25 billion is 25% of Intel's 2008 profit so it's not exactly spare change.

I'd imagine AMD is throwing a big party right about now.

There's a digg plug-in for wordpress. http://digg.com/software/Digg_Button_Plug_In_For_Wordpress Here's a plugin that does slashdot, digg, and a whole bunch of others. http://blog.econsultant.com/wordpress-plugin-slashdigglicious-add-button-for-slashdot-digg-reddit-delicious-facebook-google A wordpress blog can look anyway you want. But perhaps you are talking about Wordpress's hosted solution. You might be right about that, i know they host, but i haven't hosted one there myself.

It wasn't just one machine. Each and every relative I'm thinking of has their own machine, but my grandparents machine is used by all.

Basic lessons of Dave:

Don't run or install anything you get via email.
Don't install games from random websites.
If you want a utility, talk to me, don't download from a random site.
NoNags.com, SourceForge, this list probably good, otherwise TALK TO ME
That popup website that just scanned your computer, yeah, it's a lie, close the window by right clicking the task bar and chosing close, DON'T CLICK ANYTHING ELSE
That email about your bank account info, yeah, it's fake to
Just buy a damn CD, don't pirate

I've had a difficult time with them downloading "cool" crap. Unfortunately they all seem to love the eGames from Wal-Mart and Target that are full of spyware off the shelf. After getting jobs that restrict my free tech support time and having to go without computers/functionality for sometimes months on end until I can get to them, they've finally learned to listen.

Here is another link to free (as in beer) software list. That link is for freeware ones, a list of opensource ones is linked on that page.

It only conjecture, but in general, common knowledge:

http://www.econsultant.com/google/i-want-to-improv e-my-google-pagerank.html
http://www2.jeffcroft.com/2004/aug/09/google-page- rank-and-the-epicenter-of-hold-em-t/
http://www.stopdesign.com/log/2004/05/28/cost.html

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