NOT A Technical Question.....Just An Observation....

[Phil Meyer]

On 12/18/2012 05:29 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
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> There are several studies all of which suggest the Android user base 
> will exceed Windows next year, and some good evidence that overall 
> Linux passed Windows a while back when you count all the DVRs, TV 
> sets, etc with it in. The Android one however is much more significant 
> because its a product buying/downloading user base. Alan 

The latest number suggest that if you add 'smartphones' alone to 
computing device numbers, MS is down to roughly 30% market share.

There are some very interesting numbers in the initial data, and an 
initial set of observations are here:

http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2012/12/latest-mobile-numbers-for-end-of-year-2012-this-is-getting-humongous.html

Some Highlights:

GLOBAL MOBILE NUMBERS
Human population . . . . . . . . . 7.1 Billion
Mobile subscriptions . . . . . . . 6.7 Billion is 94% per capita
Unique Mobile Users . . . . . . . 4.3 Billion is 61% per capita
Handsets in use . . . . . . . . . . 5.3 Billion
Smartphones . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Billion is 25% of all handsets