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		Camillo on Jan 2, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 pass 10% market share, W... Were 30% of people really buying Windows XP machines last year? I think they meant "usage share" rather than "market share".

harshreality on Jan 2, 2014 [–]

Thanks for that. I've just acquired a new pet peeve: not only is "market share" not "usage share", but usage share is not the same as web usage which is all web analytics can measure.

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