Gartner Says it's a 2-Browser World

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday February 8, 2005 @06:28AM from the sunlight-on-the-horizon dept.

prostoalex writes "In its advisory to the IT managers Gartner says that even though the factors that drive the current Firefox growth are not sustainable, IT departments better get used to a two-browser world. "Concerns about security currently favor Mozilla Foundation's Firefox, but the market tide can shift if security breaches result from increased usage of Firefox", says Gartner and ZDNet adds that "Microsoft must deliver an improved version of its browser in Longhorn if it is to "determine the outcome" of the browser war.""

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Good by at_18 · 2005-02-08 06:37 · Score: 1, Redundant

Competition in the browser market is always good. Firefox is gaining momentum because it's better than the main competitor (IE). When (and if) Microsoft will improve IE to a Firefox-like level, the Mozilla community will be forced to release an even better browser. And so on.