Microsoft’s Windows Internet share drop below 90%
The number of Windows users surfing the web fell down below 90%. As everyone knows the Microsoft Corp.’s Windows OS is the biggest market shareholder fell down to 89.69 % . it took biggest share dive during the past two years, erasing gains made in two of the past three months and sending the operating system’s share under 90% for the first time according to new statistics. whereas Mac and the iPhone hit record numbers in a Net Applications Web survey issued overnight Monday and updated Monday morning.
The Mac’s share of Web hits, having less users in October, grew 8.04% in November to a record 8.87%, according to the Web metrics firm’s data. The iPhone’s gains were sharper up 12.12% to 0.37%, Linux grew even faster, up nearly 16.9% for the month, moreover Windows Internet share dropping below 90% for the first time and Internet Explorer’s market share retreating to less than 70%.
Mozilla CEO John Lilly told Net Applications
“Reaching 20 percent worldwide market share is a significant milestone for Firefox and Mozilla, It’s a huge achievement by the global Mozilla community, one that just a few years ago most would have considered impossible.”
Source : marketshare
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December 3rd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
These are the following factors why this is happening:
1. Vista sucks.
2. OSX buyers are usually well to do people who don’t know anything about a thing on fixing their computers, OSX has been dumb out for them. Most of these people has not felt the economic crunch yet so they’re still off buy their Macs.
3. Linux has gained some popularity and they have even started pre-installing into laptops nowadays.
December 7th, 2008 at 9:28 am
This is wonderful. Microsoft has held an undeserved monopoly for way too long… Yay Linux. Yay Firefox.
This loss of marketshare probably has a lot to do with the joys of Vista.
Most new computers these days come prepackaged with Vista, and many XP users are afraid of the upgrade. And after viewing those popular Mac commercials, people are actually willing to make the switch… I’m sure that the iPod and iPhone have a lot to do with this as well.