Posted by
CmdrTaco
on from the insert-beowulf-cluster-joke-here dept.
ringbarer writes "BBC News are reporting a recent Gartner Dataquest statement that over one billion PCs have been sold worldwide. What's even more impressive is that this figure is set to double by as early as 2008."
And I've got parts from at least three-quarters of them hidden away in the spare bedroom closet.
Sigh. My girlfriend has the patience of a saint.
--saint
Steve Jobs is Jealous...
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robkill
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· Score: 2, Funny
Becasue he can't co-opt the McDonalds' sign:
One billion iMacs served.
-- DMCA - Chilling free speech since 1998.
Opportunity
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 2, Funny
A billion computers? That must mean potentially 10 billion seats of Oracle!
Disco records up 80%
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mckwant
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over the period 1975-1978. If this trend continues....
"Ayyyyyy"
I seriously doubt we'll be seeing computer sales the way we used to in the future.
apologies to the simpsons.
-- ceci n'est pas un sig.
Re:One billion computer..
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ch-chuck
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· Score: 5, Funny
Yes, somewhere in Redmond this conversation is going on:
Bill: Hey Steve, this Gartner report says that over a billion PC's have been sold! Steve: Yeah, but we've only shipped 739,428,801 Windows licenses... Bill: Damn software pirates!!
> How many of those billion are sitting in land fills?
I can account for one of them. A guy in the city I live in bought a brand new computer from a Gateway Country store. He claimed the thing was a lemon from the beginning, and eventually got sick of dealing with the service people. Instead of trying to get it repaired by a professional and sell it to help reclaim his losses, he placed the computer in the lobby of their store and took a sledge hammer and smashed it to pieces.
It made quite the news and I think people around here are nervous to buy from that store now, given the track record this one individual brought to light.
Re:What about Macs, not just PCs?
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Schik
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If you add Macs, the number goes up to about 1,000,000,005.
Shoes. And Hand bags.
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mekkab
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Shoes have established an incredible and enviable market penetration. In fact, they are legislated as a need for the right of entry into certain establishments! (along with shirts)
The easy case is that of children, who frequently need to upgrade their footwear simply due to size.
Another easy case is simple wear and tear. If you keep slapping something on the pavement and slogging it through rainy streets, eventually you will need a new one.
However the cobblers of the world have "conspired" with marketing types and have created a "fashion industry", whereby yearly dictates go out and as a result new shoes have to be purchased.
I admit, I am somewhat immune to these trends. I still have a 6 year old macintosh dual booting into linux with enough life left in it to grade students assignments. I also only have a few pairs of shoes.
However my wife and my sister are 31337 in terms of having the latest and greatest "walking processors", or footwear.
And don't get me started on handbags!
-- In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
Re:What happens when
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morgajel
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we'll see something like this:
The Business Software Alliance and Microsoft have issued a joint statement demanding that the Planet Earth show liscense's for all software on the 1 billion computers known to exist. Gates said he'd be more than happy to slash the price to $200/OS-copy if everyone agreed to pay in full the $200 immediately.
I could go off on a rant here, but perhaps I'll offer the Idea to The Onion:)
Slashdot Mirror
We all know that "there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Fault loves the past, worry loves the future, but content enjoys the present.
Dunno, but at least 8 of them are in my locker pretending to be "spare parts" :-)
People replying to my sig annoy me. That's why I change it all the time.
over one billion PCs have been sold worldwide.
And I've got parts from at least three-quarters of them hidden away in the spare bedroom closet.
Sigh. My girlfriend has the patience of a saint.
--saint
One billion iMacs served.
DMCA - Chilling free speech since 1998.
A billion computers? That must mean potentially 10 billion seats of Oracle!
over the period 1975-1978. If this trend continues....
"Ayyyyyy"
I seriously doubt we'll be seeing computer sales the way we used to in the future.
apologies to the simpsons.
ceci n'est pas un sig.
Yes, somewhere in Redmond this conversation is going on:
Bill: Hey Steve, this Gartner report says that over a billion PC's have been sold!
Steve: Yeah, but we've only shipped 739,428,801 Windows licenses...
Bill: Damn software pirates!!
try { do() || do_not(); } catch (JediException err) { yoda(err); }
and on related news... bonzi buddy just hit the 1 billion downloads mark.
> How many of those billion are sitting in land fills?
I can account for one of them. A guy in the city I live in bought a brand new computer from a Gateway Country store. He claimed the thing was a lemon from the beginning, and eventually got sick of dealing with the service people. Instead of trying to get it repaired by a professional and sell it to help reclaim his losses, he placed the computer in the lobby of their store and took a sledge hammer and smashed it to pieces.
It made quite the news and I think people around here are nervous to buy from that store now, given the track record this one individual brought to light.
If you add Macs, the number goes up to about 1,000,000,005.
Shoes have established an incredible and enviable market penetration. In fact, they are legislated as a need for the right of entry into certain establishments! (along with shirts)
The easy case is that of children, who frequently need to upgrade their footwear simply due to size.
Another easy case is simple wear and tear. If you keep slapping something on the pavement and slogging it through rainy streets, eventually you will need a new one.
However the cobblers of the world have "conspired" with marketing types and have created a "fashion industry", whereby yearly dictates go out and as a result new shoes have to be purchased.
I admit, I am somewhat immune to these trends. I still have a 6 year old macintosh dual booting into linux with enough life left in it to grade students assignments. I also only have a few pairs of shoes.
However my wife and my sister are 31337 in terms of having the latest and greatest "walking processors", or footwear.
And don't get me started on handbags!
In the future, I would want to not be isolated from my friends in the Space Station.
we'll see something like this:
The Business Software Alliance and Microsoft have issued a joint statement demanding that the Planet Earth show liscense's for all software on the 1 billion computers known to exist. Gates said he'd be more than happy to slash the price to $200/OS-copy if everyone agreed to pay in full the $200 immediately.
I could go off on a rant here, but perhaps I'll offer the Idea to The Onion:)
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