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IE Market Share Drops Below 70%
Mike writes "Microsoft's market share in the browser dropped below 70% for the first time in eight years, while Mozilla broke the 20% barrier for the first time in its history. It's too early to tell for sure, but if Net Applications' numbers are correct, then Microsoft's Internet Explorer will end 2008 with a historic market share loss in a software segment Microsoft believes is key to its business."
Oh yes, chairs are a-flying in Redmond now, and if you listen slightly to the West, you just might hear some of them land...
Well we could economize the situation by placing the stockbrokers in the chairs before handing them to Ballmer.
I continue to use IE on a daily basis. Although I was forced to upgrade to 7 at work, I still continue to use 6 on my home Windows PC's. I still need to put it on my Mac and Linux boxes, but I'm lazy.
Or buy IKEA shares
Last time it broke that barrier, it was going in the other direction
I'm just waiting for Microsoft to go to Washington for a bailout.
http://rocknerd.co.uk
I had a Microsoft keyboard. Trust me, I will not be getting another one.
Circumcision is child abuse.
if you're calling MS Office overpriced, buggy, and full of security flaws, you must've glossed over the fact that OpenOffice is a POS.
for the last year. But it was in a ford prototype that runs XP, and then Vista. Sadly, it kept getting BSOD before hitting Idaho. Heard that on the last attempt, they made it to Illinois last night, but then the car locked up in high speed, doing nothing but wasting energy. Who knows, they may actually make it to congress before they have had a chance to give away our great great grand children's money (reagan gave away mine while W has given away my children's, grandkids and great grandkids).
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Oh what the hell, it's Slashdot - I'll bite.
Bill, is that you?
Yes. Lotus Domino / Notes.
That's like saying that suicide is always an option.
The obvious solution to this controversy will incidentally save a beloved icon of computing history from bankruptcy and demise. Let's hire SCO to consult on this, and find out exactly how much current Mozilla code is stolen from Mosaic.
While we're at it, we may want to get the analysis of how much Mozilla code is stolen from SCO Unix, too.