Android Will Surpass Windows By 2016, Say Gartner Stats 149
An anonymous reader writes "Google's Android operating system will be used on more computing devices than Microsoft's Windows within four years, data from research firm Gartner showed on Wednesday, underlining the massive shift in the technology sector. At the end of 2016, there will be 2.3 billion computers, tablets and smartphones using Android software, compared with 2.28 billion Windows devices, Gartner data showed." The comparison would make less sense if Android was strictly for phones, and Windows was strictly for desktops-with-keyboards, but gets interesting as the devices on which each system runs overlap ever more.
Extrapolating (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Extrapolating (Score:4, Funny)
This is huge! (Score:5, Funny)
First, this means that Gartner is admitting that people might like something other than Windows. Second, now it means that it won't actually happen.
Re:Extrapolating (Score:3, Funny)
Becasue Gartner is really good. They take good data, and create conclusion for that fixed data.
They arn't perfect, but the are pretty damn accurate. I listen to people from Garter, and they know their math. and they general have great methodologies.
Re:x86 port (Score:5, Funny)
For the record- I don't see why you'd want Android on a desktop, it would be a bad experience. But nothing is stopping you right now, x86 support is out.
Isn't what Windows 8 is all about? I mean, the bad experience.