[Wsuug] Browser Market Share

Zach Young young.zach at gmail.com
Wed Oct 1 14:48:06 EDT 2008


Windows 2k is a must, but according to Marketshare (which sure will be
a little inaccurate just because of how web stats are generated) Macs
have about 4 times the market share of Windows 2000.

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=11


On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Reese <reese at inkworkswell.com> wrote:
> Andrew Jaswa wrote:
>>
>> Why Win2k first? Its old and out of date. (though I still think its
>> one of the more stable windows...)
>
> Because it still has strong market penetration, I'm not the only
> one still using it. You say "it's old" as if it's a bad thing, I
> prefer "mature and more secure."
>
> Reese
>
>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Reese <reese at inkworkswell.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Ryan Brunsvold wrote:
>>>
>>>> Seriously though, that is incredible for any 30 day-old browser. Just
>>>> goes
>>>> to show how complete Google¹s sphere of influence really is.
>>>
>>> What I've read is, it hit 1% of market share almost immediately on
>>> release - since then it's been mostly stagnant after backsliding a
>>> bit.
>>>
>>> I do think it should be made backwards-compatible with Win2K and other
>>> platforms - Win2K first, then Linux, then Mac. And no "but Mac is a
>>> Linux" objections, there are important differences and we all know it.
>>>
>>>  ;)
>>>
>>> Reese
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