Most Used Browsers (market share 2008)

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Microsoft’s Internet browser, Internet Explorer, loses playground. In the second half of 2008 the market share declined from 74 to 68 percent, this is shown by the December figures of Net Applications.
Although Microsoft continues to dominate the market for browsers, the decrease remarkably. For years, the strong position of Microsoft was more or less stable.

The software giant is facing competition from different angles. Mozilla Firefox is the most widely used internet browser and is increasingly popular, the market share in six months rose from 18 to 21 percent. 
Firefox is based on open source software, which means the software source code is publicly available to edit and extend. This is beside the performance one of the reasons why it wins marketshare.

Internet company Google also entered the market for browsers with the free “Google Chrome” browser in September 2008 and has shown being formidable competitor with already 1% marketshare. Furthermore, the increasing use of Mac operating systems, Apple also use Apple’s Safari browser again. This blows the popularity of this internet browser.

More information about this browser market research you can find online at Net Applications.

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