. Considering that 40% of Mac OS users are running something OTHER than Lion/Mountain Lion should tell you something about the professional rejection of the iOSification of the Mac)
Says who?
Source 1. ( yeah the sample size is limited to those who contribute to Omni groups stats but it is far better than hand waving no stat source).
http://update.omnigroup.com/
Operating System mode ( click on major versions ). As of right now
MLion __ 51%
Lion ____ 23%
SLeop __ 17%
The Lions comb to 74% and SL is approximately 1/3 of ML.
Source 2
http://www.netmarketshare.com/
Select Operating System By Version. As of right now
MLion __ 2.97%
Lion ___ 1.76%
SLeop __ 1.77%
Again the combo of the Lions is substantatially higher 4.74% than SL. SL is roughly around 1/3 smaller here of the combo. ( and also shows that the Omnigroup sample is limited it is
not missing the overall general trends. Both of these two have measuring limitations, but the same general trend across both should negate the differing set of limitations. )
Source 3
http://chitika.com/os-x-version-distribution
Even Chitika normally skewed ( by their sample set ) and slow to converage data also says the Lions are dominating. As of right now.
MLion __ 26.8%
Lion __ 28.0%
SLeop __ 35%
The Lions combine to 54.8% which gives them a majority. Not as big as the other sampling but even the source for all of the "Lion's rate adoption has stalled" stories from almost 2 years ago shows that the Lion covers most Mac users now. [ This may be the source of the 40% claim but that is just as likely mostly driven by sample bias as accuracy. ]
The Lions are putting SL in the rearview mirror. You can debate how fast that is happening, but not that the majority of have moved on.
Frankly, since SL is still getting security updates folks are continuing. Apple isn't particularly likely to continue that once 10.9 ships. Under the old update cadence of roughly 18 months the 10.(n-2) OS got dropped. 2* 18 months is about 3 years. On this new yearly cadence, the legacy support window likely to be any longer. Once security updates stop (and new iTunes support stops), SL usage is going to shift gears to an even higher rate of decline.
All that has exceeding little to do with "rejection" and just the normal 'lazy' update process that a large fraction of production shops follow. "Wait till the installed OS is about to be desupported and then update to what is not now the bleeding edge."
But at the end of the day, we just have to admit Apple doesn't Care.™
At the end of the day there is a ton of smoke being blown about Snow Leopard is the last usable version of OS X. This really isn't new typically very similar group is always claming that several versions back was better (or that OS 9 was better ).
