From a newsletter by Jim Louderback, and editor at Ziff-Davis, publisher of several (in fact nearly all) Computer Magazines on US store shelves:

"Ding Dong, the Mac Is Dead
"That's what John C. Dvorak has concluded. He doesn't base his conclusions on market-share numbers, but instead via an intriguing online stat: how much Internet activity is Mac-based. And the answer is a miniscule and declining amount. John has laid out three reasons for the impending doom, and then adds a zinger: that the Mac's vaunted ease of use is what will slay it in the end. Read his thought-provoking column about why the Macintosh will fade away. And then complain to him, not to me!"

The link is to a two page article. This site usually disables direct connection to the print version, but if you click on "print" at the bottom of the first page you can read the article "all in one piece."

For those who don't know (probably most) John C. Dvorak is the official "house curmudgeon" for a couple of magazines. In PC Magazine he writes a monthly column like the one cited, and a "Predictions" page in which he expounds on what's right - what's wrong – and who's doing something stupid at the moment. He has, in the past, made many favorable comments about Mac, so this isn't just "anti-Mac" stuff.

I'm with Jim Louderback: I don't really care much whether he's right or not. I did think it interesting that Linux systems currently account for about 50% more web traffic than Macs. I would have expected both to be much higher than shown by the W3C report.

And I don't intend this as "Mac bashing." I just thought it was an interesting line of thought that some might be interested in.

John