On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Faldegast <[email protected]> wrote:
> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=1 > Internet Explorer have dropped to below 65 % from 70% in the end of December. > If this continues it means that they will pass 50% market share in less then > three years. You have to be careful with browser stats; due to the fact that each company that produces them is taking a different sample of the internet and extrapolating from it, you can end up with a 'blind men and an elephant' situation (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant) Compare other October data: http://gs.statcounter.com/ IE ALL = 57.17% http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php IE6+7+8 = 51.22% ALSO, 'global' data does not reflect the fact that there are already countries (AFAIK, they're all in Europe) where not only is IE < 50% but in fact where FF is > 50%! e.g. according to StatCounter: Germany http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-DE-monthly-200810-200911 Finland http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-FI-monthly-200810-200911 Hungary http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-HU-monthly-200810-200911 (again though, compare to another source from Sept. http://www.atinternet-institute.com/en-us/browsers-barometer/browser-barometer-september-2009/index-1-2-3-180.html which shows it as less) > So it seams that we are winning the browser wars. That has been the trend, but note that OEMs have not helped at all; AFAIK Windows preloads still all use IE (though there is light on that front in Europe; see http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/technology/companies/05soft.html for example) What we NEED is to convince some OEMs other than Dell that they should at least offer Ubuntu (not misc rebranded whatever distro) on their computers and sure, make a big deal about the fact that Firefox is preloaded as a feature. CK -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu 4 dz, which is a direct subscriber. Status in Club Distro: Confirmed Status in Computer Science Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in easypeasy: In Progress Status in Ichthux - Linux for Christians: Confirmed Status in JAK LINUX: Confirmed Status in The OpenOffice.org Suite: Confirmed Status in Tabuntu: Confirmed Status in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in “ubuntu-express” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in The Jaunty Jackalope: In Progress Status in “ubuntu-express” source package in Jaunty: In Progress Status in Baltix GNU/Linux: Confirmed Status in “linux” package in Debian: Confirmed Status in Fluxbuntu: The Lightweight, Productive, Agile OS: Confirmed Status in openSUSE: New Status in Tilix Linux: New Bug description: Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace. This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix. Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry. Steps to repeat: 1. Visit a local PC store. What happens: 2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed. 3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed. What should happen: 1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu. 2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all. 3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~algeriatul More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
