CBQ, Inc. (China Business Quotient) (fka CBQI)

[Bixmann]

Wrong Da! Do you even read your posts?

IN Post # 2801 you wrote:

"Yes, Bix, but you're missing the point. IBM used to be the dominant PC provider in China...as recently as 1996. They are losing market share."


Yet in post #2802 You say:

"The table clearly shows that IBM's market share increased only from 6.6% in 1998 to 6.7% in 1999. Of course, that is still growth. I can't argue that. But it is nowhere close to 22.3% growth in market share. "

Now lets apply high school math and ask what percent of 6.6 = 1.5? It truely is 22.3% growth Da!. Do it another way, and take the total number of machines sold by IBM in China during 1998 (122,263) and multiply that by 22.3% = 27,264 unit increase. Then add 27,264 to 122,263 and whala! It equals the number of units sold in 1999 Da! (149,504); give or take a dozen or two.


Now if IBM increased the total number of computers sold in China's Mainland PC market by 22.3% then IBM increased its market share by 22.3%. Perhaps you were confused by the idea that IBM's increase is smaller than Legends; I dont know.

I am willing to accept your apology Da!.