LOL. Who would notice?
90% of the world's computers run Microsoft.
"90% of the world's computers run Microsoft."
How many even run XP, let alone Vista?
I don't know, the 25+ million people using Macs? The general and tech media? Investors who've made a bundle on Apple's stock? Microsoft?
(The correct answer is "all of the above.")
For starters, all of Microsoft's customers who have had an unsatisfactory experience with Windows. Half of the Macs sold now are to people who are fed up with Windows and want a better system.
The operating system that is going unnoticed is Vista. Microsoft did not have huge lines of people clamoring for their new OS. In contrast, Leopard will get a enthusiastic reception when it is released.
90% of the world's computers run Microsoft.
With emerging competition, that number will drop to 80% over time, then 70%. How low will they go?
Microsoft will notice. Where do you think they will get their ideas for Microsoft's next OS? They got all their ideas from Vista from OS X.
Their misfortune.
Of course, the question in the article about what kind of party Apple will throw when it comes out with yet another OS that everyone but a superior Mac type will ignore is kind of funny - since it will be kind of difficult for Steve Jobs, the guy who is busy hiring criminal defense lawyers, to attend a launch party from prison.