----- Original Message ----- > On Wed, Aug 06, 2014 at 02:37:24PM +0200, drago01 wrote: > > Yeah people consider the systems they have "good enough" and see no > > need to buy new devices for the sake of buying new devices. > > The same is starting to happen with the tablet marked (where the > > growth is shrinking). As for smartphones carriers have found ways to > > let people buy new phones every or every second year. > > Citation needed. I mean, that makes some sense, but I literally linked to an > analyst report which paints a different picture. (Not a bleak picture, mind > you -- it's one where we have opportunity.) Something like this? http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/08/op-ed-tables-really-are-pcsbecause-theres-no-point-in-buying-new-ones/ > > So not sure what this thread is all about. > > Well, it's a little out of context since I posted it by accident. I'm pretty sure that we can easily find similar stories about cars: "Car sales are down!" But nobody's claiming that there are less cars on the road (unfortunately) That's probably what happens in a mature market (cars, fridges, vacuum cleaners...) -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
