Re: tlug: TurboLinux outsells MacOS in Japan

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Wed, 28 Oct 1998, Rex Walters wrote:

> WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!
> 
> BLATANT ADVOCACY FOLLOWS!  ADJUST FILTERS ACCORDINGLY.
> 
> PHT announced that one independent survey shows them at number two in
> retail OS sales in Japan (#1 being Microsoft with 69.9%, PHT having
> 7.35%, and Apple at 6.9%).
> 
> Details at "http://slashdot.org/articles/98/10/27/1811222.shtml".
> 
> I doubt I'm the first to notice this -- perhaps all the overreaction is
> making people afraid to post?
> 
> Regards,
> -- 
> Rex (trying to be thick skinned)

Note that these figures don't include OEM sales, which would almost
definitely put Apple ahead of us (ie, sales of new Macintoshes with MacOS
installed).

btw, what overreaction?

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Scott M. Stone <sstone@example.com, sstone@example.com>
               <sstone@example.com>
Head of TurboLinux Development/Systems Administrator
Pacific HiTech, Inc (USA) / Pacific HiTech, KK (Japan)
http://www.pht.com		http://armadillo.pht.co.jp
http://www.pht.co.jp	        http://www.turbolinux.com


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