OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
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Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#2That's impressive, but then again Apple is _giving away_ copies, so I'm not too surprised.
It's more interesting considering what this means as an Operating System developer. If they're giving away copies, it shows that Operating Systems are truly commoditized (as well as the huge profits that Apple is raking in!)
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#3That's impressive, but then again Apple is _giving away_ copies, so I'm not too surprised. It's more interesting considering what this means as an Operating System developer. If they're giving away copies, it shows that Operating Systems are truly commoditized (as well as the huge profits that Apple is raking in!)
Not to be too pedantic, but I don't think this situation fits the formal definition of commoditization. For a product to be a commodity, the various alternatives need to be interchangeable or indistinguishable.
Edit: Web apps (Google Docs/Drive, Spotify, Basecamp, Facebook, etc.) would fit the bill as a force for OS commoditization.
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#4can someone tell me how they are getting these data? is it real time?
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#5I think the price definitely helps, but Apple has made it so easy to upgrade OSes and it's paying off.
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#6That's impressive, but then again Apple is _giving away_ copies, so I'm not too surprised. It's more interesting considering what this means as an Operating System developer. If they're giving away copies, it shows that Operating Systems are truly commoditized (as well as the huge profits that Apple is raking in!)
No all it really shows is that it's a loss leader for Apple.
Much the same way Microsoft made the browser a loss leader because it made money on the OS, Apple is making the OS a loss leader because it's making money on the hardware.
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#7can someone tell me how they are getting these data? is it real time?
This is aggregate data from the GoSquared analytics network. All figures are up to the minute with historical context to show the trend.
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#8Great. Then, when I get around to upgrade (never before 10.9.1), most of the kinks would have already been spotted and most (hopefully) fixed.
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#9can someone tell me how they are getting these data? is it real time?
This is aggregate data from the GoSquared analytics network. All figures are up to the minute with historical context to show the trend.
In other words, the percentage can go lower or higher as more elements are added to the dataset.
Re: OS X Mavericks adoption pushing past 7% in under 24 hours
#10That's impressive, but then again Apple is _giving away_ copies, so I'm not too surprised. It's more interesting considering what this means as an Operating System developer. If they're giving away copies, it shows that Operating Systems are truly commoditized (as well as the huge profits that Apple is raking in!)
If you profit off of the hardware, absolutely.