News for Friday, 2 January 2009

Even if the value of Apple shares is not of great interest to us, we find the figures published by Marketshare are much to our taste, especially as they show that Mac continues to progress in a very significant way month by month.

It thus reached 9,63% in December; an increase of 0,76 points in one month. This rise is again made to the detriment of Windows that almost lost a point compared to the previous month.
The iPhone also continues to progress, having passed from 0,37 to 0,44% in a month. As for Linux, this remains stable, passing from 0,83 to 0,85%, however it is likely to be exceeded by the telephone of Apple in a few months time.

If this news is confirmed on January 15, it will be a true earthquake. Microsoft will announce on this date a vast plan of reduction in its manpower by about 17%, that is to say 15.000 employees.
Largest of these dismissals could be done in zone EMEA (Europe, Moyen the East and Africa). The economic crisis will certainly be used to justify such a measurement, however it is also necessary to look at the strategic choices of the company where Vista and the Zune never reached the hopes of those inside the company and have failed to convince the general public.
It is also necessary to put in the balance the sales of consoles at the end of the year that saw the arrival of a Nintendo tidal wave with its Wii eclipsing the competitors, proving that the playing side is more important than the raw power.