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Windows 10 Visits To US Government Sites Surpass Windows 7 For the First Time (onmsft.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the gaining-ground dept.

In what may be a signal of changing attitudes for Windows 10, visits to U.S. government sites via Windows 10 have surpassed Windows 7 for the first time. On MSFT reports: This United States government website reports that of the 2.54 billion visits to U.S. Government websites over the past 90 days, 20.9% came from Windows 10, and 20.7% from Windows 7. Interestingly, Windows 8.1 came in at 2.7%, Windows 8 .05%, and other OS 0.8%. The numbers are a bit niche and could be just from a holiday bump based on the sites 90-day average, but they still do give a solid number comparison for the state of various OS and browser stats. When it comes to browser share, Edge was not popularly used to visit U.S. Government websites. Chrome was on top with 44.4%, Followed up Safari with 27.6%, Internet Explorer at 12.3%, and then Firefox at 5.9% and Edge at 3.9%. Though all these government percentages may be bleak for Microsoft, the latest AdDuplex December report also shows strong adoption for Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, so things can only go up from Microsoft from here on out.

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  1. Plot twist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The calls to the sites was windows 10 reporting home.

  2. But how many visits are intentional? by ad454 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Compared to visits to USA government tracking sites, due to back doors placed in Windows 10, as well as newer Intel and AMD processors with ME and PSP?

  3. Microsoft-biased statistics? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 5, Informative

    Of the 2.54 billion visits to U.S. Government websites over the past 90 days:
    - 20.9% came from Windows 10
    - 20.7% from Windows 7
    - 2.7% from Windows 8.1
    - 0.05% from Windows 8
    - 0.8% from other OS

    Either they can't count, or that 0.8% does not include OS X/macOS, iOS, Android, Linux, BSD, etc in which case that 0.8% is the total number of Windows XP, Windows NT, Windows 98 and Windows 95 users.

    When it comes to browser share:
    - 44.4% for Chrome
    - 27.6% for Safari
    - 12.3% for Internet Explorer
    - 5.9% for Firefox
    - 3.9% for Edge

    Safari is only available on OS X/macOS and iOS, so it's clear the percentages for the OS are only for Windows.

    Are they afraid to tell us the number of people who don't use Microsoft on their computers/tablets/phones?

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    1. Re:Microsoft-biased statistics? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 3, Informative

      "edit", sort of (another feature that Slashdot lacks)

      The numbers are all there on the website, it's just BeauHD writing trolling summaries once again.

      p.s.: my comment was written in accordance with the Slashdot tradition: post angry comment first, read article later.

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    2. Re:Microsoft-biased statistics? by DontBeAMoran · · Score: 4, Informative

      You must be running a relic of a version, Safari hasn't been available for Windows for over half a decade.

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  4. Shocking news! by guacamole · · Score: 4, Informative

    After discontinuing sales of Windows 7 licenses, blocking Windows 7 (and 8 updates) on 7th generation Core CPUs, and forcing malicious upgrades from 7 to 10 without user's consent, Windows 10 is finally starting to surpass 7. I can't believe this was possible.

  5. Windows 10 / 2016 not trustworthy by Jimmyandben · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If it wasn't for all of the dirty tatics that Microsoft made happen, I might be more inclined to trust them. The forced Telemetry was the toughest fo swallow and can't justify it for our users or safe guarding our data. Windows 2016 seems to have forced telemetry built in as well which means we may have to choose another system such as BSD or Linux. These are real discussions happening at our company because of the distrust that Microsoft has enabled.

  6. So... let's look at this... by QuietLagoon · · Score: 3, Insightful
    ... An operating system (Windows 10) that was given away as a free upgrade to older versions finally has more hits than those older versions. An operating system which had such a poor uptake when it was given away for free and subsequently Microsoft had to try to trick users into upgrading to it, finally has more hits than those older versions. Yeah, that is something that Microsoft should crow about on /. .

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    Geesh.

  7. Missing Stats: iOS 25%, Android 18%, MacOS 9% by pkiff · · Score: 5, Informative

    Both the summary and the original article fail to explain that the "Other OS" with 0.8% actually means Other *Windows* OSes. They fail completely in providing useful context about how the percentages of Windows flavours compare to those of iOS, Android, and Mac. Here are the missing stats that come from the analytics.usa.gov site: iOS 25.2%, Android 18.2%, Macintosh 9%. This also explains how Safari is the 2nd most popular browser with 26%.