On Friday 21 January 2005 15:09, Steven Buehler wrote:
> Internet Explorer Use Still Falling, Firefox on the Rise
>
> Elizabeth Millard, www.enterprise-linux-it.com
>
> The Internet Explorer browser continues to lose market share, while
> open-source darling Firefox still is attracting users.
>
> IE now commands around 90 percent of the market, according to Web
> analytics company WebSideStory, which puts the browser's share at
> 90.3 percent. Firefox now has a 5 percent slice.
>
> Although Firefox's share might seem puny in comparison to IE, its
> rate of growth has been notable. Estimates put its current download
> rate at almost 20 million, and its companion e-mail client,
> Thunderbird, passed the 2 million download mark at the end of its
> first month of availability.
>
> Grassroots Effort
>
> One of the main factors for Firefox's success has been word-of-mouth
> recommendations among users and a number of excellent reviews in the
> media.
>
There are also ISP's out there e-mailing and recommending to their
customers to switch over. One example is my own ISP
Sanctum.com/Marlowe,net from the Tampa area.
Bob S.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
This list is provided as an unmoderated internet service by Networked
Knowledge Systems (NKS). Views and opinions expressed in messages
posted are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the
official policy or position of NKS or any of its employees.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.3 : Fri Aug 01 2014 - 20:23:48 EDT