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As recently as five years ago, I thought this would never happen. The argument was something like: "All Microsoft has to do is put out a good-enough browser. Ev
by bdr 15y ago
As recently as five years ago, I thought this would never happen. The argument was something like: "All Microsoft has to do is put out a good-enough browser. Every time people buy their next computer, IE will be the default and they won't bother to switch. The only way would be if Apple gets a big part of the desktop market, and that's very unlikely."
Wrong in so many big ways:
- Completely missed mobile browsers
- People aren't upgrading their desktops as often anymore
- The browser is the most important app, so people are motivated to get the best one
- Apple's growth
I love this industry.
- mike-cardwell 15y agoI'd be interested in seeing figures comparing Europe to other continents. If you remember, Europe forced Microsoft to give the user a choice between browsers when Windows boots up for the first time.
- ZeroGravitas 15y agoEurope has more Firefox usage, but the rate of change in IE (or Firefox or Chrome) usage doesn't seem to have been affected materially by the government intervention. It's also quite variable within the EU, compare UK to Germany for example. http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-eu-monthly-200807-201110 http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-eu-monthly-200807-201110 http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-DE-monthly-200807-201110 http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-DE-monthly-200807-201110 http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-GB-monthly-200807-201110 http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-GB-monthly-200807-201110