Browser
Market Share and Operating System White Paper
August 2009
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 2009
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 August 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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