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Originally Posted by MoGTy 
Yes, but that's market share. This is about profit.
A company can have more profit than the entire market because other companies can post a loss.
You can't however, post a negative market share
Therefor you can never own more than 100% of the market share.
For instance,
A hundred people use an OS.
Windows : 91% (91 people)
Apple : 6% (6 people)
Linux : 2% (2 people)
Others : 1% (1 person)
That's 100% in total.
Let's assume everyone leaves Apple, Linux and others and start using Windows. It also gains 10 new users.
That would make :
Windows : 110 people
Apple : 0 people
Linux : 0 people
Others : 0 people
That's a total of 110 people out of 110, not 100. Therefor it is still 100% in total. Only when you compare Windows in the previous assumption to Windows in the second assumption, one can see an increase that exceeds 100% but that's no longer market share, that's just a comparison of numbers, put in to percentages.
I hope I understood that right
Yes, but that's market share. This is about profit.
A company can have more profit than the entire market because other companies can post a loss.
You can't however, post a negative market share
Therefor you can never own more than 100% of the market share.For instance,
A hundred people use an OS.
Windows : 91% (91 people)
Apple : 6% (6 people)
Linux : 2% (2 people)
Others : 1% (1 person)
That's 100% in total.
Let's assume everyone leaves Apple, Linux and others and start using Windows. It also gains 10 new users.
That would make :
Windows : 110 people
Apple : 0 people
Linux : 0 people
Others : 0 people
That's a total of 110 people out of 110, not 100. Therefor it is still 100% in total. Only when you compare Windows in the previous assumption to Windows in the second assumption, one can see an increase that exceeds 100% but that's no longer market share, that's just a comparison of numbers, put in to percentages.
I hope I understood that right
again, makes no sense, if ppl leave apple, linux etc, the market itself shrinks, hence, ppl leaving apple and switching to win or anyone, would mean the market still is the same, unless there are ppl coming from outside the selected samples.
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