Comments on: Omni Software Update Stats http://reinventedsoftware.com/blog/2005/12/05/omni-software-update-stats/ Reinvented Software Weblog Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:03:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Harris http://reinventedsoftware.com/blog/2005/12/05/omni-software-update-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-894 Steve Harris Mon, 05 Dec 2005 02:45:35 +0000 http://reinventedsoftware.com/blog/?p=162#comment-894 That's interesting. I was thinking this data could have something like 10% error, just because these stats would be from Omni's latest-ish generation of apps not all of them, and if someone doesn't keep their apps up to date then they probably don't have their OS up to date either and so Omni won't have the data. However, at WWDC last June, Steve Jobs put it at something like 50% for Tiger (I don't remember what the rest was made up of, but it was mostly Panther) - and said that by the end of the year they expected most people to be on Tiger - something like 80 - 90%. I could be wrong, check out the webcast for that, but Omni's stuff seems to agree. This does tend to show that Mac users are good at staying up to date, which I think differentiates them from Windows users to a large degree, with everyone from ordinary users to corporations sticking with a "safe" version, the one that came installed or has been out for at least a couple of years. That’s interesting. I was thinking this data could have something like 10% error, just because these stats would be from Omni’s latest-ish generation of apps not all of them, and if someone doesn’t keep their apps up to date then they probably don’t have their OS up to date either and so Omni won’t have the data.

However, at WWDC last June, Steve Jobs put it at something like 50% for Tiger (I don’t remember what the rest was made up of, but it was mostly Panther) – and said that by the end of the year they expected most people to be on Tiger – something like 80 – 90%. I could be wrong, check out the webcast for that, but Omni’s stuff seems to agree.

This does tend to show that Mac users are good at staying up to date, which I think differentiates them from Windows users to a large degree, with everyone from ordinary users to corporations sticking with a “safe” version, the one that came installed or has been out for at least a couple of years.

]]> By: Andy Kim http://reinventedsoftware.com/blog/2005/12/05/omni-software-update-stats/comment-page-1/#comment-893 Andy Kim Mon, 05 Dec 2005 02:36:56 +0000 http://reinventedsoftware.com/blog/?p=162#comment-893 Very tasty data. I'm really surprised that it's only %10. Our numbers at PF show 20%, but I think that's just because of schools who haven't caught up with the times yet. Makes you wonder if spending all that time testing in Panther and being limited to Panther technologies is worth it. Thanks Steve! Very tasty data.
I’m really surprised that it’s only %10. Our numbers at PF show 20%, but I think that’s just because of schools who haven’t caught up with the times yet.
Makes you wonder if spending all that time testing in Panther and being limited to Panther technologies is worth it. Thanks Steve!

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