 Browser
Market Share and Operating System White Paper
May 2008
Microsoft Loses Browser Market Share
Vista Does Not Get Traction
The Browser Market Share and Operating System Market
Share White Paper data is by month starting in September 1997 through
the August 2008
Microsoft has lost over 24% of the
browser market in the since 2005. Looking at the last 12 months,
you can easily draw the conclusion that Firefox and Google Desktop are
edging away at the Microsoft browser monopoly. As Vista is
rolled out to more users it will be interesting to see what that will do
to the browser market. So far user acceptance of Vista has been slowed
by the lack if user acceptance for the new OS.
Live update did not help in accelerating the acceptance
of IE 7, plus with the slow acceptance of Vista individuals and
enterprises are not moving to the new version as rapidly as Microsoft
would like. An added kicker is those who move to Vista can more readily
have multiple browsers on their systems or switch from one to the other
quickly and with little pain. The cost of doing that is minimal.
Google Desktop will be the next challenge for Microsoft
to face.
On December 28, 2007 AOL announced that
they will no longer support Netscape after February 1, 2008
Internet Explorer Market Share History
The full
study was produced in May 2009.
See a full copy of the press release here.
Trends in Browser OS Market Share
12 Months - May 2009 - May 2008
The full report contains
charts in jpg format and data by month and quarter for each browser.
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