Firefox Hits Record Market Share

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  1. Franklin

    Franklin Registered Member

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    And so it should! :cool:
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    Franklin, Nov 4, 2008
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    Not surprising to see these figures. Firefox continues to get better with each upgrade and both Opera & Chrome are eating into IE's market share. If IE8 turns out to be a clunker (still not looking good - Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 Release Notes - yes, I know is BETA but it's not like Microsoft is a start-up company), watch for Firefox to really take off next year.
     
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  3. farmerlee

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    I actually thought firefox had a bigger market share lol. I'm happy to report that i'm responsible for 0.000001% of that market share having converted everyone i know to firefox :).
     
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    If you could choose your browser when you buy a new computer, rather than IE being automatically installed, I think before long IE would be fighting for 20% and FF or Opera would be fighting for the better half of the remaining 80%. :isay:
     
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  5. Dogbiscuit

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    I think you make a good point.

    Compaq tried doing this over ten years ago, and Microsoft threatened to withhold the Windows OS from Compaq if they didn't include IE. (source)
     
    Dogbiscuit, Nov 6, 2008
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    Nice guys! Maybe if all the computer manufacturers united and wrote a letter to Microsoft and threatened to install Linux if they don't get a choice.....
     
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