> > Yahoo / MS * 100 = 147%
>
> No.
>
> Yahoo / MS = 1,311,504 / 885,567 = 1.48097659 = 148%
> 148% * 100 = 14800% or 148. Yahoo's share isn't 148 times more than MS'
> share. It just seems that way.
>
> Yahoo's share is 148% of MS share, or Yahoo's share is 48% more than MS
> share. MS still sucks.
I'm confused why you say "No", on account of that is exactly what I said:
Yahoo's share is 148% of MS's.
(Well, not "exactly"; I took Tom's 147 number instead of getting out the
calculator.)
Original formula is incorrect. Yahoo share is 1.48 [or 1.47] times MS
share, not 148 [or 147] times MS share.
Simple arithmetic:
1,311,504 / 885,567 = ~1.48 = 148% [48% higher] - correct
(1,311,504 / 885,567) * 100 = ~148 = 14800% [4800% higher] - incorrect
Microsoft is trying to do what it usually does when it's losing--buy the
competitor. Will it help MS or ruin Yahoo? Maybe Ray Ozzie can do a
better job with MS than Steve Ballmer; Ozzie certainly couldn't do worse.
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