Don, I can't answer your question about tracking market share, but I would like to make just one comment about it. World market share of computer sales is a poor measure of a company that does not compete in every part of that sector. It's somewhat like saying that BMW has only 3% of the transportation market when a large part of that includes freight and mass transit.
Apple competes pretty well in the consumer computer market and is gaining market share. Other areas where Apple is strong and gaining ground is publishing, non-linear editing of movies and yes, education.
You are still singing that tired old song that started way back when somehow it was determined that the world was going to make Bill Gates the wealthiest man alive by conforming to Windows.
AaaaatT! ... Didn't happen. Gates became the wealthiest man alive but the world isn't conforming to Windows and never will. Read this:
I seriously doubt if Apple can turn itself around, because
sales are dropping so rapidly. I love Apple and hate Wintel,
but the handwriting is on the wall.
I work for a major university. A year ago the big computing
lab for students was 1/2 Apple; now it is 1/5 Apple.
A year ago all the administrative computers in the department
where I work were Apple; now they are 1/2 Apple (and we have
been told that no more Macintoshs will be bought). I still
have a Mac on my desk, and will fight to keep it as long as I
can. But as much as I wish it were otherwise, the war is over
and Apple has lost.
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Sound familiar? Post #30 dated July 4, 1996. That was about a year before Steve Jobs took over. It was written by Bruce Long, but it sounds a lot like some of your songs. Now, seven and a half years later Apple is smaller yet stronger than ever. Looks like the hand writing on the wall was just elaborating on a passing nightmare that didn't really happen at all.
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