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Windows 7 Overtakes XP, OSX Struggles To Beat Vista
judgecorp writes "Latest market share figures show the difference between perception and reality. Windows 7 just nudged past Windows XP with both around the the 43 percent mark. OS X and Windows Vista divide the rest of the spoils, with all versions of OS X only just adding up to a little more than the failed Windows version, according to data from Netmarketshare."
Because in recent years, its cool to bash OS X / Apple here. Never mind taco is a mac / apple fan these days (yes I know he left). But linux must be cast in a good light at all costs.
I run: Windows, OS X, Linux, FreeBSD. Just because you have a hammer, doesn't mean everything is a nail.
It's not difficult to guage desktop linux next to the other OSs on a global basis. Web stats do that. And the hypothesis that Linux might have a higher share than OSX isn't born out by the data.
Slashdot has a deserved reputation for being the territory of Hardcore 20-Something Linux Fanboys, and there's really nothing wrong with that.
But it skews the reception of any story for a system / product / idea that is not in line with the "group think", such stories are typically dismissed as "flamebait".
Such as the recent story about Steve Jobs. The general reaction was that Steve Jobs was nothing more than a "marketer" and Apple products may be only marginally better that competitors - even though many of Apples strongest detractors admit that Apple hardware quality is a cut above many competitors, and certainly Apple has a history of this âoeinnovationâ thingy.
Likewise, you can expect almost âoestream of thoughtâ vitriol and screed ANY time anything to to with Microsoft is mentioned, never mind an objective view of whatever the subject might be. I mean, the sheeple are still using stupid memes like âoeM$â and âoeMicroslothâ and what have you.
If itâ(TM)s a technology controlled by a Bug Company, you can expect the Slashdot Surfs to tow the Group Think with post after mindless post completely lacking with any objectivity, or often any actual coherent thought.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
Is still elitist - and very, very dumb - to buy a overpriced OS and the overpriced companion hardware to do the same thing that any reasonably good pc can do.
And why elitist? Because almost everyone who buys a Mac or a "IThing" is to show that he has money to throw away and so is rich, and the only social group that throws money away is the supposed "elite".
Religion: The greatest weapon of mass destruction of all time