Posts by NYC1994

Windows hits the skids, Mac OS X on the rise

ONE MORE THING

Actually, if ALL platforms (including mobile) are included in sales statistics then in 2000 Windows had an overall 96% market share. In 2013 Windows had a just a 36% market share. As I think Balmer has admitted in recent interviews, the failure to recognize early on the advent of mobile computing was the single greatest failing of his years as MS CEO. In today's tech world unless you have a really great product in a given category or one that can differentiate from the competition in a major way it is hard to play catch-up. I think MS will continue to dominate the desktop (and especially the enterprise) for a long time but it may be too late for the company to catch up with the mobile juggernaut of the past few years.

Apple's Windows XP moment: OS X Snow Leopard left to DIE

"The fruity firm released a patch for the latest version of OS X, Mavericks (10.9), yesterday – along with patches for Mountain Lion (10.8) and Lion (10.7). These plugged 21 security holes. However, it did not offer the same for Snow Leopard (10.6), which is a clear indication that Apple is happy to allow it to go extinct. These 21 holes are presumably still open in old timers' systems."

It should be pointed out that the security issues recently patched only affected the OS's listed above and in part iOS6 and 7. NOT Snow Leopard or earlier versions of OS X. Apple will almost certainly be ending support for Snow Leopard in the very near future but there is no evidence that has happened yet. While I certainly agree that Apple should be much more transparent about OS life cycles (as MS is) the whole supposition of this article (for the time being) is bogus. The author should try doing a little research before writing something.

Wrong supposition in article

"The fruity firm released a patch for the latest version of OS X, Mavericks (10.9), yesterday – along with patches for Mountain Lion (10.8) and Lion (10.7). These plugged 21 security holes. However, it did not offer the same for Snow Leopard (10.6), which is a clear indication that Apple is happy to allow it to go extinct. These 21 holes are presumably still open in old timers' systems."

It should be pointed out that the security issues recently patched only affected the OS's listed above and in part iOS6 and 7. NOT Snow Leopard or earlier versions of OS X. Apple will almost certainly be ending support for Snow Leopard in the very near future but there is no evidence that has happened yet. While I certainly agree that Apple should be much more transparent about OS life cycles (as MS is) the whole supposition of this article (for the time being) is bogus. The author should try doing a little research before writing something.