On: This Day in Tech: Aug. 6, 1997: Apple Rescued - by...

[jbarciauskas]

While it may be the most widely used alternative, it cannot be considered a "threat" when it's market share is orders of magnitude smaller, and not gaining ground very quickly http://marketshare.hitslink.com/os-market-share.aspx?qprid=9

[briancooley → jbarciauskas]

Year over year, Apple's market share has grown from 3.54% to 4.86%. That's 37% growth, FWIW. Seems like that would correspond to a pretty big jump in sales.