After 100M IE7 Downloads, Firefox Still Gaining

Kelson writes "Internet Explorer 7 hit the 100 million download mark last week. Yet in the three months it's been available, Firefox's market share has continued to grow. InformationWeek reports that nearly all of IE7's growth has been upgrades from IE6. People don't seem to be switching back to IE in significant numbers, prompting analysts to wonder: has Microsoft finally met its match?"

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Re:Met its match?

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I'll thank you to leave my anus out of this!

That time is now.

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The time will be when Vista comes out and new PCs come preloaded with Vista and IE7. At that time, people will get rid of the old PCs and we'll see whether they're sufficiently satisfied with IE7 that they won't bother with downloading Firefox.

Vista is out but what's worth watching is how badly it damages new PC sales. Forcing IE7 and the massive UI changes for Office and Vista are like a punch in the face for longtime M$ fans. Vendors are licking their chops, dreaming of upgrade train riches. They have been waiting for five long years and are very hungry. If Vista sales disappoint them, it's all over for the M$ monopoly. All of them have their toes in the GNU/Linux market. If Vista is a big enough failure, those vendors will jump ship like developers did years ago. M$ and closed source have been stale for a long time, Vista is shaping up to be putrid.