From a stockholder/revenue perspective, new sales is an important metric. From a user perspective, machines in real use and duration/usefulness of old machines may be more important-- the size of the community one is joining. Daniel Kegan * daniel at KeganLaw.com * Kegan & Kegan, Ltd We identify, develop, and protect intangible business assets and counsel other professionals on legal issues. Balanced Counsel for Smart Clients * www.KeganLaw.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * On Fri, Jan 17, 2003, 10:06:53 AM GMT PowerBook G4 Titanium List wrote: >From: b <flipper at macsrule.com> >>With all due respect, so what -- the Chevy-Toyota analysis still >>holds true, certainly with respect to potential "switchers." > >What??? GM is no doubt very relieved that they only have to be >measured on new car sales. If longevity, i.e. vehicles on the road, >were the measure, they would look awful for the Chevy compared to >Toyotas. Besides Apple and Microsoft aren't 'strictly' competitors. >