Re: A proposed Moz 1.0 release criterion

[Greg Miller]

Scott I. Remick wrote:

> My observations were that people didn't "switch" as much as the tidal 
> wave of NEW users chose IE because:
> 
> - Microsoft stuck it in Windows and made them use it for other things 
> anyway.
> - MS gave it away for free (something Netscape eventually had to follow, 
> resulting in NS loosing a lot of income and therefore financial means to 
> fund more browser development).


Don't forget AOL. Gartner (as I recall) used to track some interesting 
stats. As I recall, the last set of stats I saw from them indicated that 
just over 40% of IE users said they used it because MS gave it to them 
(in Windows) and they didn't see any need to look for an alternative. 
Another 40% or so (slightly smaller than the previous group) said they 
chose it because AOL gave it to them and told them to use it.
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