Excepting the first quarter of this year, Apple's market share has decreased every quarter since the end of 1994.

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Excepting a couple of museum curators and two dozen serious collectors, nobody knew this coterie of exceptional talent was painting iconic pieces.

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He uses a non-IT example to illustrate this point, namely the collection of trash that occurs at the same time every week (excepting holidays).

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