[Wsuug] Browser Market Share

[Zach Young]

No one is saying Windows 2000 is bad, just that its getting a little
old. With the market share getting smaller and smaller, less is going
to be developed on it.

It would still be nice to see a backport to Windows 2000.



On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 3:02 PM, Kelley Walker
<kelley.walker at dominionenterprises.com> wrote:
> Well, we always went with it because we worked with clients
> and needed that extra bit of security that, at the time, XP
> didn't offer. Same reason we don't use Outlook. Same reason
> we use a landline for the business. Some clients looking for
> security vendors will only allow landlines.
>
>
>
>
> Kelley Walker
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:wsuug-bounces at list.wsuug.org] On Behalf Of Reese
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:18 PM
> To: Web Standards and Usability User Group
> Subject: Re: [Wsuug] Browser Market Share
>
> 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 Its old and out of date.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.
>>>
>>>  ;)
>>>
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