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Microsoft Boasts 96% Netbook Penetration

Posted by kdawson on from the sure-you-did dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Citing figures from market research firm NPD, Microsoft says Windows' share of the US netbook market has ballooned from less than 10% in the first half of 2008 to 96% as of February. 'The growth of Windows on netbook PCs over the last year has been phenomenal,' wrote Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft's in-house Windows blogger, in a post Friday. Information Week author Paul McDougall notes Microsoft's 8% decline in Windows sales is due to netbooks sporting Linux. How does Redmond make an 80% gain in netbook market share without the sales numbers reflecting that gain?"

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  1. Steve Ballmer Says by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Chair penetrates netbook 96%.

    1. Re:Steve Ballmer Says by x2A · · Score: 4, Funny

      Very easy with a tiny bit of perl (microsoft use perl, right?)

      $spc="<a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/5105!!!"
      $spc=~s/[^0-9]//go;
      print "Sales increase: $spc%\n:wq";

      Puts netbook sales increase at 5101%, and as overall netbook sales have increased by 6375% (a well known figure), that places MS's new market share at 80%. QED.

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    2. Re:Steve Ballmer Says by palegray.net · · Score: 5, Funny

      Please don't abuse Perl like that... at least have the decency to call it from a shell script to disguise what you're doing.

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    3. Re:Steve Ballmer Says by x2A · · Score: 4, Funny

      I can't believe I missed a semicolon... I'll create a git tree for it, then if anyone wants to contribute...?

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    4. Re:Steve Ballmer Says by fractoid · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Is it in yet?"

      "Neeearly... it's at 96%"

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    5. Re:Steve Ballmer Says by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 4, Funny

      I'll create a git tree for it, then if anyone wants to contribute...?

      Sure, first thing I'll do is a GPLv3 fork. Just in case, you know... patents...

  2. 96% percent penetration eh? by cortesoft · · Score: 4, Funny

    Way to go Netbook! Getting to home base 96% of the time would make any frat boy proud.

  3. Re:Honeymoon is over by motek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is there any other way to call it? 'Race to the bottom' sounds so crass. Perhaps 'delivering better customer value by focusing on essential factors while reducing extraneous costs?' I raced to the bottom once and I found really weird stuff there...

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  4. Re:Honeymoon is over by rbanffy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Actually, it's an acronym. ;-)

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  5. Re:Honeymoon is over by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think his're point was actually a joke.

  6. Re:Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics by pdusen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, you seethe with bitterness. Let me guess--your girl left you for a Linux user?

  7. Re: epic failures by OakDragon · · Score: 5, Funny

    For this HP killed off PA-RISC?

    No, we'll always have PA-RISC.

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  8. Re:Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    most of my friends that got netbooks with linux installed windows on them

    Sounds like you need new friends

  9. Re:Honeymoon is over by JordanL · · Score: 4, Funny

    WHOA!

    You live in the whole USA?!

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  10. Re:Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics by calmofthestorm · · Score: 4, Funny

    Clearly all computers sold with linux should include the price of a windows license to combat piracy.

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