socialrosiechen: Microsoft flattens Google, Apple and others with some good ol' NUMBERS

Monday, June 28, 2010

Microsoft flattens Google, Apple and others with some good ol' NUMBERS

Filed under: Internet, Apple, Google, Microsoft

A few days ago, the Microsoft vice president of Corporate Communications shared some figures with the rest of the world. Total sales, downloads, visitors, subscriptions -- numbers. It's a blog post of numbers.

TechCrunch calls it passive-aggressive. I call it smug, reassured braggatry -- the kind that only 800lb gorillas can pull off. If you want a full analysis of the numbers, read TechCrunch's post. Here are some choice snippets:

24% -- Linux server market share in 2005
33% -- predicted Linux server market share for 2007 (made in 2005)
21.2% -- actual Linux server market share, Q4 2009

That one actually shocked me. I know I've heard less Linux server news in the last few years, but I had no idea its share was actually shrinking.

7.1 million -- projected iPad sales for 2010
58 million -- projected netbook sales in 2010
355 million -- projected PC sales in 2010
96% -- percentage of US netbooks running Windows in 2009

He doesn't give us the percentage of PCs running Windows, but at last count it was around 90%. What he's trying to say is that other operating systems simply don't factor into the larger picture. Your iPhones and iPads might sell like hot cakes, but Windows is still the uncontested emperor when it comes to the largest segments: netbooks and PCs.

That's just a taster! Go read The Official Microsoft Blog if you want MORE.