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Leopard Claims Half the Japanese OS Market In October

Posted by Zonk on from the not-quite-the-beatles-though dept.

hoagiecat writes "Is Apple like all those bands who claim to be "huge in Japan"? Leopard accounted for 53 percent of boxed operating systems sold in Japan in October — even though it was only on sale for the last six days of the month. 'The software went on sale worldwide on Oct. 26 with sales kicking off at 6 p.m. local time in each country. Users in New Zealand and Australia got their hands on Leopard first, but Tokyo saw the first launch at an Apple retail store. About 200 people lined up in light rain to buy the software at Apple's store in the ritzy Ginza district of Tokyo. Lines also formed at other Apple stores across the country and at major electronics retailers, where special events were held to mark the start of sales. Combined with other sales of other operating systems including Tiger, Apple had an overall 60.7 percent share of the market in October -- that's a big jump from the 15.5 percent share it had in September, which was itself the highest share Apple had managed to get so far in 2007. '"

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  1. Bull$hit by Dilaudid · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Leopard Claims Half the Japanese OS Market In October - most misleading slashdot title ever? Does this mean that half of Japanese computer users use Mac OSX? No. Does this mean that Mac OSX is claiming half of new users? No. Does this mean that Japan, the place that coined the derogatory name fanboi is full of young boys wetting themselves to upgrade their version of OSX?

    hmm... Does it taste salty boys?

  2. Re:Apple users are the only ones dumb enough... by synthespian · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Dude, good GUI design is done with statistical testing and - gasp - even some theory of cognitive science thrown in. Measuring response times, irritation, how many times and how easily the user gets a task right. Etc. For instance, Microsoft Vista beta was tested on families for an extended period of time. This goes for an average user, the Ion-3 user doesn't count, does it?

    You display a total lack of knowledge in the field. You gotta stop talking out of your ass. I don't work in the field either, but you're just thick...You've never even skimmed over a book or publications about the subject. If anything, the lack of progress in Linux land is startling. I'm talking usability. You're talking aesthetics/taste. You know what's aesthetics? The current fixation on spinning cubes and wobbly windows by the Linux crowd that adds nothing or near nothing to usability.

    Now you prove me wrong and mention a slew of testing Gnome has conducted. I can only one or two remember small-samples tests. For years, in fact, the interface guidelines for Gnome were "stolen" straight out of Apple. KDE doesn't fare much better with its track record but, at least, they have talked about it and come to the conclusion that they needed testing and take the mattter more seriously.

    I don't hate Linux...I don't give a damn about Linux because, in fact, I prefer FreeBSD (wanna see a real FOSS usability improvements? - go see what the people at PC-BSD are doing). What I hate is this fucking ignorant and stupid navel-gazing you displayed.

    --
    Main difference between the BSD license and the GPL license: one is from California and the other is from Massachusetts
  3. Re:In Japan... by McFadden · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    How much do you know about the Japanese mobile phone market?
    Clearly more than you.

    Do you live in Japan?
    Yes.

    Do you speak and/or read Japanese?
    Yes.

    Do you have an account with a Japanese mobile phone provider?
    Yes. (this is getting boring).

    There is no EDGE in Japan, nor is there GPRS or even GSM.
    Err yeah... That's what I said.