I take it you do not work daily in this market?
Do not look at 10% growth. Look at the trend. It's *is* going down and has been for a while. Doesn't show any signs of abating either. Several buddies are presently dusting their resumes off and for good reason.
You told me a while back that you were "out of the trenches". It's showing ;)
Sales of proprietary software is not falling, no matter how you want to twist it. It is rising, in the case of Windows, to record levels, every single quarter. You might as well drop the act and deal with it. I'm done with you, anyway.