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Firefox Slides, IE Gains?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the daily-salt-intake dept.

limber writes "InformationWeek is reporting that a Dutch Web metrics company is stating that Microsoft's Internet Explorer has gained market share, contrary to other recent studies, while Firefox has lost market share, during the last two months. 'People are not switching so often to Firefox as before,' said Niels Brinkman, co-founder of OneStat."

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  1. Statistics.... by garrett714 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm so sick of statistics. Who really cares whether IE or Firefox has more market share? Even if Firefox has .005% market share, and IE has 99.999% market share, I will continue to use Firefox. If 99.999% of the world jumped off a bridge, would you do the same thing?

    1. Re:Statistics.... by diegocgteleline.es · · Score: 4, Insightful

      are you serious?

      Firefox is _the_ reason why many pages work today with other browser others than iE. Plus, if microsoft controls the browser market, it controls a big part of the internet. RSS? standars? CSS? We need firefox to keep microsoft away from controlling people like they've done in the desktop market....

  2. FP by 42Penguins · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Do we really need an update every 2 weeks of the status of FF vs. IE?
    I love my phoe-firebird/fox/something, but that's my choice.

    Alternatively, could slash include a ticker on the frontpage?

  3. And thus shall it always be by TFGeditor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I suspect Firefox et al will always ride a +/- 2 percent sinewave with IE displaying a similar leading edge ripple. Rolls Royce and Ferrari do not think or speak in terms of "market share." They have a core following that will always remain, and will always be small. The masses will always drive Chevys, Toyotas, or whatever.

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  4. Who f*cking cares? by undeadly · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's a nice browser, so why don't you just use without beeing "concerned" that your neighbour and the cat uses it as well.

  5. Not real gain by imoou · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think it's more a case of more new PC purchases during the Christmas/New Year periods, that's why IE (preinstalled with most new PCs) "gained" some market share.

    I can't imagine anyone would actively download and install IE, so unlike Firefox, IE's gain is not a real gain, but a side effect of its parent -- Windows.

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  6. Re:Blame where it belongs. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Windoze

    It's "Windows" but you called it "Windoze", how cute.

    Microsoft sabotages the better programs on it's platform

    Please go ahead and provide some proof that Microsoft is sabotaging Firefox. Please, I'm sure every single Slashdot reader would like to get their hands on that kind of evidence. Really, you need to provide some proof of what you just said. Thanks.

    you need to change your evangelism to platform migration

    "Evangelism" - is that your term for making insane, ridiculous claims about "Windoze" and "M$"?

    There's enough to take Microsoft to task without people like you "helping" those of us who are working for broader acceptance of free software. Thanks, but no thanks.

  7. Gatta love those double standards by Spiffness · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Nothing quite like a 'Firefox Gains!' story. 100's of replies about how awesome firefox is.

    A 'Firefox slips this month' story and what do you get? 'GOD STOP TELLING ME WHATS UP WITH FIREFOX ALL THE TIME I DONT CARE'

    Hmmmm...