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Internet Explorer Market Share Drops To Almost 15%

Posted by timothy on from the glass-15-percent-full dept.

glitch0 writes "Internet Explorer used to be the most prevalent browser with a market share that peaked at 88% in March of 2003. Now they're down to almost 15% due to stiff competition from Google, Mozilla, and even Apple. What implications does this have for the future of Microsoft?"

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  1. us too! by jank1887 · · Score: 4, Funny

    what about Opera?

    *goes back to sit in the corner*

    1. Re:us too! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Opera is well on its way to replace the x-axis.

  2. In a related story... by Tridus · · Score: 5, Funny

    windowsupdate.microsoft.com reports 99.9% IE user agents. IE is on a comeback!

    (What? It's just as useful a metric as TFA.)

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  3. Re:none by noh8rz5 · · Score: 5, Funny

    three letters, baby - ie6! I haven't bought new underwear in 8 years, i fail to see why i should download a new browser.

  4. Re:none by jamesh · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows 8 will be a trainwreck. Too many changes for most users. The issue is windows 9 (whatever that will look like).

    Windows 9 will be called "Windows Classic" after the outcry that people don't like the taste of the New Windows. It will mostly be the same as Windows 8 except it will have a Start menu and people will love it, because they really aren't that smart.

  5. Re:none by koolfy · · Score: 5, Funny

    dude, this is gross.
    I hope you clean your cache once a day at least, man.

    This is like, basic hygiene.

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  6. Re:none by InspectorGadget1964 · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the next version of Windoze is going to be called Windows 9, what will happen in 86 more versions? Windows 95?

  7. Re:none by Nutria · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well enough on the home-user front. Not so well in the Enterprise, which is why my 2yo corporate laptop runs XP Pro.

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  8. Re:none by enickel · · Score: 3, Funny

    "If customers, because of 20 years of practice want a start menu... why not just give it to them."

    20 Years? 26 for me. I began with Windows 1.03 and I really don't like new crap. First thing I always do with a new version is to disable all the visual gimmicks, like aero, menu shadings etc and install the classic scheme. Lately I also had to install utilities to get a decent menu. Went to LibreOffice because of that damn Ribbon as well.

    It's a fucking tool that I used for over a quarter century, I don't have the patience to get slowed down every couple of years because some young moron thinks some new gimmick is 'cool'.

    aaaaaaaaand.... GET OFF MY LAWN!!!

  9. Re:From TFA by Paradise+Pete · · Score: 5, Funny

    Statistics can often be misleading.

    Do you have some numbers to back that up?