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The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the math-is-hard dept.

Barence writes "PC Pro's Tom Arah has dug up some statistics that cast severe doubt over Steve Jobs' assertion that Flash is the technology of the past, and Apple's iOS is the platform of the future. He quibbles with Net Applications' assertion that iOS growth is 'massive,' considering that mobile accounts for only 2.6% of web views, and the iOS share stands at only 1.1%. By comparison, Silverlight penetration now stands at 51% while 97% of web surfers have Flash installed, according to Stat Owl. 'At least when Bill Gates held the web to ransom he had the decency to first establish a dominant position,' Arah claims. 'In Steve Jobs' case, with only 1.1% market share, the would-be emperor isn't even wearing any clothes.'"

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  1. Oh dear... by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    How to we mark an entire story as -1, Flamebait?

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    1. Re:Oh dear... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      How to we mark an entire story as -1, Flamebait?

      I don't know, I suppose the same way we mark you as -1, Fanboy

    2. Re:Oh dear... by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Change the Posted editor from CmdrTaco to kdawson.

    3. Re:Oh dear... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      No, this is definitely CmdrTaco.

      If it were kdawson, the headline and summary would be completely made up and completely opposite of what the linked story is about.

    4. Re:Oh dear... by WeatherGod · · Score: 4, Funny

      ah, but we all know that python doesn't exist in the land of slashdot. No, they have been replaced by perl scripts. And nobody can figure out how to make it stop!

  2. Never again by seanonymous · · Score: 4, Funny

    "In Steve Jobs' case, with only 1.1% market share, the would-be emperor isn't even wearing any clothes."

    Dear Slashdot,
    Please do not ever make me picture Steve Jobs naked again.

    Thank you.

  3. Re:If iOS is a tiny segment, then why do you care? by mark72005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm confused by your sports analogy. Can I get a car analogy?

  4. Re:Market share != quality online experience. by Rogerborg · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dude. Dude.

    It's only been recently (version 10.1.18xxxxxx) that I can run Flash on my MacBook and not have it cripple the performance.

    If you're going to try to make a point about how Flash is on the way out, it's best not to talk about how you just adopted it yourself.

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  5. More like (-1, Redundant) by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 4, Funny

    How to we mark an entire story as -1, Flamebait?

    Let's see, Steve Jobs says a technology is complete crap and nobody would ever want to use it. So, that means in a year and a half, Jobs will be having a Flash love-in on stage somewhere.

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