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Re: Of Interest To Robotics Folks? Perhaps...
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Wed, 4 Jul 2001 01:13:09 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, sjbaker1@airmail.net writes:
> Edward Cox wrote:
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> > And did you expect to see MacOS support?
Well, yes, actually, after getting this message a couple of days ago:
http://news.lugnet.com/robotics/?n=15651
> > We all know by now that LEGO has
> > absolutely no intention of supporting MacOS users "out of the box" - and by
> > that I mean there is no MacOS software support provided with RIS x.x.
> > Remember that ROBOLAB is sold by LEGO under Dacta as an Educational value
> > add product.
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> Mac's are a MUCH larger share of the schools market than they are of the
> home market - so it makes sense to support them with Dacta - but less
> (economic) sense to support Mac's in the home.
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> The last figures I saw (end of 2000), M$ had 90% of the home market with
> Linux and MacOS about even at 5% each. HOWEVER, Linux's growth rate is 24%
> and Mac's only about 15%. Windoze is growing at 20%.
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> Hence, *if* Lego were going to support a second OS, it would make more
> sense to choose Linux than Mac.
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> Sad though it is to say, I don't think there is a reasonable argument for them
> to put effort into MacOS (*or* Linux for that matter).
32 reasonable arguments, coming up (most current data I could find-may not
all apply directly to home use vs. educational vs. business, but provided
for market share information):
*In a nationwide survey of 22,000 creative firms, 77% of them plan to
purchase Macintosh computers in 1999, outselling both Windows and Windows NT
by an astounding margin of over 3 to 1. The research company stated, "Apple
continues to dominate the creative markets."
(TrendWatch 1999 Creative Atlas Guide)
* 72% of the alumni of Rochester Institute of Technology - arguably the
world's oldest (1830s), largest and best school of photography and printing
in the world - own Macs.
("Contact Sheet", the RIT alumni news letter)
* More than 57% of Web sites that use video use Apple's QuickTime to deliver it.
(Apple Computer)
* On average, the cost to develop and support Windows applications is 50%
higher per dollar of revenue than the cost to develop for Macintosh.
(Software and Information Industry Association)
* Mac users are 50% more accurate and 44% more productive than Wintel users.
(A.D. Little report)
* 20% of all the personal computers in use today are Macs.
(Minneapolis Star Tribune, 5/11/98)
* Macintosh software comprises over 18% of all software sold. Macintosh
users actually use more applications than Windows users, citing ease of
installation of Mac applications as one of the reasons.
(Software and Information Industry Association)
* Apple computers account for 15% of CompUSA's CPU sales.
(From the WWDC Keynote Speech by Steve Jobs, 11 May 98)
* According to independent research firm PC Data, Apple's market share has
doubled in the past 12 months and is now up to 11.3%
(Retail and mail order sales, fiscal 1999 Q2).
* Apple Computer has been profitable 13 of the last 14 quarters.
(3/31/2001)
* The Apple iMac is the best-selling computer in CompUSA's 13-year history.
* Apple Computer holds more than twice as many computing patents than does
Microsoft.
* Apple is the #1 computer vendor in Japan.
(BCN, 2/99)
* Apple is the #1 computer company in Australia.
(IDC)
* The higher percentage of Macintosh computers, the lower the technical
support costs.
(Gartner Group)
* There are just as many Mac users as users of Windows 95.
(Microsoft, 5/98)
* The iMac was the #3 selling desktop in May 1999.
(PC Data)
* As of March 1999, Apple Computer is the third largest manufacturer of
computers in the world. The fourth is IBM.
* When you take the 1999 Fortune 500 and rank the companies based on
shareholder return in the past 12 months, Apple is number 5.
(News article re: Barron's 500)
* A business Mac user gets $24,000 more work done per year, his or her
computer is down 14% less, and it costs less to support than any other platform.
(Gartner Group)
* An extensive survey of actual dual-platform costs collected from real
organizations in the US with a sample size in excess of 312,000 desktop
computers concluded that there are NO detectable extra support costs
associated with having both Macintosh AND Windows over and above having
Windows alone.
(Gartner Group)
* Software developers make higher profits with Mac software than Windows
software. Average revenues per unit remain higher overall for Macintosh
software than for Windows applications.
(Reports from PC Data and SIIA)
* A single NT server service call to Microsoft costs $195. A year of Apple
support costs $70.
* Apple sold more than 1.3 million Macs in the last quarter of 1999, which
was the highest quarterly sales volume in Apple's history.
(MacWeek article on Steve Jobs' Macworld 2000 keynote speech)
* Apple sold 800,000 iMacs in less than half a year, making it one of the
most successful computer launches ever.
* There are over 15,000 Mac compatible products.
(Apple Computer, November 1999)
* Microsoft admitted on their own website that Windows NT 4.0 has more than
10,000 bugs. (The page has since been removed.)
* In the business world, the industry standard for Windows systems is one
support technician for every 25 to 60 computers. By contrast, the standard
for Macintosh support is one person for every 100 to 200 machines.
* The average Wintel home user spends between 50 and 60 hours each year
troubleshooting their computer. The average Mac user spends less than 5.
* The Mac OS is available in over 35 different languages.
(Apple Computer)
* A new Mac is sold every 9 seconds.
* PC support costs are 4 times higher than Mac.
(Gartner Group)
Sounds like a major OS on a major platform to me.
Matt
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| (...) Do 'creative firms' buy lots of Lego? (...) Are photographers and printers part of Lego's core market? (...) So people who serve quicktime from their websites are big Lego purchasers? (...) Undeniably true...That's why Lego have no money left (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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