The Surprising Statistics Behind Flash and Apple

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday September 21, 2010 @10:51AM 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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Re:Floppy drives anyone? by iammani · 2010-09-21 11:26 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Apple did not provide the mouse right click button either. Has the right click button disappeared too? Apple just wanted (and still wants) to be different and cares about the aesthetics more than the functionality.
And eventually the right click button will be replaced by something better. And some fanbois will claim that this was exactly why Apple did not ship the button at all.