>>I do not accept it - I think anyone who places high stock in this number is foolish.
They say that you can't keep a secret if more than 3 people know. Far more than 3 people would know how many Android activations took place, meaning that any conspiracy would be short-lived... and a terrible own-goal by Google. But you've continued to deny the figures as they grew from 200K to 400K daily without credible dissent.
>>Apple and Android's application tallies have been shown to double-count applications provided in multiple languages....and also count items like "downloadable wallpaper" as an app. GMAFB....
That may be true, but we're talking about activations.
>>The most plausible scenario is that 12-18 months from now, MS will be part of "The Big 3"
Make up your mind- earlier you said you agreed with JB, now you agree with me.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
