[Wsuug] Browser Market Share

[Kelley Walker]

Didn't think anyone said it was bad. Just pointing out what
Reese failed to mention. IT has no bearing on Google's
business reasoning, but neither did Reese's retort. It wants
it for purely selfish reasons. :) 


Kelley Walker
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-----Original Message-----
From: wsuug-bounces at list.wsuug.org
[mailto:wsuug-bounces at list.wsuug.org] On Behalf Of Zach
Young
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:18 PM
To: Web Standards and Usability User Group
Subject: Re: [Wsuug] Browser Market Share

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
> Lead Developer, RV Trader | Boat Trader
www.rvtraderonline.com | 
> www.boattrader.com
> T: (757) 351-8615 | F: (757) 282-2491 | C: (757) 717-9969
> E: kelley.walker at dominionenterprises.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wsuug-bounces at list.wsuug.org
> [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 Its old and out of date.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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