September 17, 2004

Microsoft monopoly weakening?

Whenever Bill Gates defended MS in the antitrust wars, by saying Microsoft's lead could go away at any time, we always figured it was just a way to distract attackers. But what if it's true?

CNet is reporting that MS Internet Explorer is losing user-share.

W3Schools.com, a Web development tutorial site, found that 18 percent of its visitors in September used Mozilla-based browsers, compared with 8 percent in January. Internet Explorer use dropped to 75 percent from 84 percent in the same period.

Among CNET News.com readers, site visitors using Mozilla and Firefox jumped to 18 percent for the first two weeks of September, from 8 percent in January.

Posted by jackhodgson at September 17, 2004 02:30 PM
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