Measuring Apple’s advantage
There is a spectrum of technical ability out there, and by applying a predicate test, we can partition that spectrum into two: those who know how to you use bittorent to share video, and those who don’t.
Let’s consider those who do, and “poll” them on what their outlook is on the tech world. That way, we’ve got this subset of the tech world, and we can test what they’re interested in.
How do we conduct this poll, in the few minutes I have to write this post? Well, here’s one way: what keynotes are filmed, saved, and shared on The Pirate Bay? Not too surprisingly, almost all the keynotes are related to tech trends and companies. Only one is Glenn Beck’s Keynote at CPAC, the rest are technical.
They fall into three categories.
Coming in third is Microsoft, with three keynotes. They’re third, but they’re one of the only three movements which our sample has any interest in. It comes in with three votes (Balmer KN, Gates KN, and an MS events). In second place, with double the votes, is the GNU/Linux/Openness movement: they’re at seven. I counted Lawrence Lessig into this because they’re back from before his political days. And in first place, is, of course: Steve Jobs and Apple, with more than twice of Linux, and bigger even than both, with fifteen keynotes.
So at least among this growing population - this group of people who are somewhat technically savvy, Apple is way ahead.
