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		gress on March 27, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft launches Office for iPad It's meaningless because the 'market' of which share is measured is an arbitrary classification.

ekianjo on March 28, 2014 [–]

How so ? What market do you propose to measure then ?

gress on March 28, 2014 | [–]

How so? Because these so called 'markets' of which share is measured are not markets at all. They are simply groups of products that analysts have decided to add together.

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