During Apple's keynote event, the newly minted CEO, Tim Cook, took no time in slinging mud over towards the Microsoft camp. In describing the download rate for Lion, he called out Microsoft because Lion is having a faster adoption rate than Windows 7.
Tim Cook, via Engadget, proclaimed that "Windows 7 -- it took 20 weeks to reach 10 percent of the Windows install base. It took Lion two weeks." Going further, "Six million copies of Lion downloaded so far -- 80 percent more than Snow Leopard". These may not be direct quotes but contain the message of what he said at the event in terms of growth rate.
The comparison, which is far from fair, states that the adoption (of Lion) rate was much faster than Windows 7. Considering the inroads Microsoft has in the corporate world, comparing adoption rate is not a fair comparison. In this case, you can not compare direct adoption rates because Microsoft and Apple, while both make an OS, do not play in the same waters. If you removed corporate adoption, which always lags behind consumer adoption, the chart would likely tell a different story.
Further, Apple distributed the OS over its App store and it also cost far less than Windows 7. They removed the retail product, which did make it easier for users to obtain the OS. And finally, these are based on pure percentages, we all know that Microsoft has a much larger install base which equates to a slower adoption rate as well.
But, Apple will always slant the facts in their direction as it is their keynote. Always remember to take statistics with a grain of salt as we all know, it is possible to lie with statistics.
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