Internet Explorer Market Share Drops To Almost 15%

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?"

us too!

[jank1887]

what about Opera?

*goes back to sit in the corner*

Re:us too!

[Anonymous Coward]

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

In a related story...

[Tridus]

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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[noh8rz5]

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

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[jamesh]

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.

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[koolfy]

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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[InspectorGadget1964]

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

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[Nutria]

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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[enickel]

"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!!!

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[Paradise Pete]

Statistics can often be misleading.

Do you have some numbers to back that up?