Recent Web Browser usage statistics suggest that Microsoft is loosing big time in times to come due to onslaught from Mozilla Firefox and Apple's Safari browser. Recent numbers suggest that from more than 91% in 2004 to around 65% in 2009 Q2, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is struggling to keep pace with the onslaught of Mozilla’s Firefox with the latter moving swiftly from around 4% to 23% in the same period.
Flashback: Not long ago Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet fought on the web to gain dominance in the web browser arena. The graph shown below shows the usage pattern of Netscape Navigator Web browser between 1994 to 2004, with the browser usage actually went to sleep in 2004. Lots have been written about this war but one of the key reasons being Microsoft antitrust case.
Come 2009 and the graph below shows a stark difference in the monopoly of Internet Explorer as the default browser.
With Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8' (IE 8) release already discounted in the above statistics and no immediate release expected from Microsoft it seems the trend is going to continue further!
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