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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
My point was that global profit is not a way to measure market share.
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No one was debating that. What holymadness was suggesting was that global market share is only a portion of a company's measure of success.
If global market share were the only part of the "lunch" , it would be a poor lunch indeed - a salad bar with few choices perhaps. The Giant Android Megabot, after punching out the Nokia-Symbian Construct and filling a doggie bag for Google, is chowing down. Apple has filled its plate with about 16% (where its been "oscillating" since 2009) of the salad and retired to a table to eat. Windows Mobile has left the restaurant, and Windows Phone has just come in the door. Poor Rim is hiding beneath the counter, furtively snatching scraps of lettuce, muttering "Blackberry 10, Blackberry 10....". So how much nutrition is each part of the Giant Android Megabot getting? Remember, it's made up of at least 9 major players and lord knows how many minor players (I'm not counting Google itself, as up until it aquired Motorola, Google got its money from users not sales of handsets). Hopefully the "legs" are getting enough food to keep bot upright.
If (as holymadness asserts) that global market share is a mere portion of the buffet, a slightly different scenario emerges. Symbian is still out cold, Rim is still hiding and Giant Android Megabot is still ravaging the buffet. But Apple has walked off with all the roast beef, the seafood and most of the desserts...
Personally, I don't want anyone to "win". Competition means choice and I like choice.