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Press
Release -
September 9, 2007
   
Netscape Version 8 Fails to Gain Market Share
The Browser and Operating System Market Share White Paper has just
been released by the IT Productivity Center
Park City,
UT – The IT
Productivity Center have just released its Browser and Operating System
Market Share White Paper. The major findings are that in the last 12 months
Microsoft’s browser market share has eroded by over 9.5%; Firefox
maintained its number 2 browser position with an increase of 5.6% in the
same period; Google Desktop is gaining market share; and Netscape version 8
is dead.
Netscape version 8 has failed as a next generation browser.
Both Firefox and IE version 7 are viewed as better browsers. Most
of the users of Netscape are still using Version 4 which is almost 5
years old.
New in this white paper are recommendations on which browsers to
use and not use. A summary of Janco’s browser market share data can be
found on the IT Productivity Center’s (ITPC) web site (http://www.itproductivity.org/browser.htm).
In addition the full white paper with excel spread sheets can be purchased
at both sites for $249.
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Historic Market Share - All Browsers
The top five browser market share rankings
are: 1 - Microsoft’s IE – 63.86%; 2 - Firefox – 17.40%; 3 – Netscape –
10.21%%; 4 – Google Desktop – 2.38%; 5 – Mozilla – 1.40%. The CEO of Janco
Associates, Inc and the ITPC, M. Victor Janulaitis said: “The positive glow
on Firefox was dulled in with the identification of some security gaps in
Firefox. But the real story is the erosion of Microsoft’s market share.”
He added, “Netscape’s release of version 8 has become a non-player.”
Browser Market Share Changes
September 2007 to September 2006
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Sep-07 |
Sep-06 |
Change |
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Browser |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
Rank |
Percent |
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Internet Explorer |
1 |
63.86% |
1 |
73.43% |
0 |
-9.57% |
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Firefox |
2 |
17.40% |
2 |
11.75% |
0 |
5.64% |
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Netscape |
3 |
10.21% |
3 |
10.71% |
0 |
-0.51% |
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Google Desktop |
4 |
2.38% |
6 |
0.64% |
2 |
1.74% |
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Mozilla |
5 |
1.40% |
5 |
0.99% |
0 |
0.41% |
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Opera |
6 |
1.87% |
7 |
0.78% |
1 |
1.08% |
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Safari |
7 |
1.05% |
4 |
1.12% |
-3 |
-0.07% |
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98.17% |
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99.43% |
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One additional finding in the report is that
Microsoft’s new Operating System, Vista now has 5.69% of the market of
business and enterprise users who browse the Internet.
Operating Systems Market Share
for Internet Users 2007
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XP |
Vista |
Other Versions |
Total Windows |
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Jan-07 |
81.03% |
0.70% |
14.59% |
96.32% |
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Feb-07 |
81.74% |
1.41% |
13.17% |
96.32% |
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Mar-07 |
81.24% |
2.24% |
12.91% |
96.39% |
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Apr-07 |
81.66% |
3.73% |
11.23% |
96.62% |
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May-07 |
80.17% |
4.06% |
11.93% |
96.16% |
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Jun-07 |
81.97% |
3.84% |
10.31% |
96.11% |
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Jul-07 |
80.88% |
5.00% |
10.37% |
96.25% |
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Aug-07 |
80.01% |
5.59% |
10.35% |
95.95% |
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Sep-07 |
80.18% |
5.69% |
9.91% |
95.79% |
The IT Productivity Center has collected
consistent data on browser activity since September 1997. The data is
collected from commercial sites that focus on business to business
activity. The IT productivity Center anticipates that it will issue an
update to it market share data at the end of the fourth quarter of this
year.
About
the IT Productivity Center
The IT Productivity Center is a division of Janco
Associates' Inc which
is a Mountain States
based consulting firm that publishes the HandiGuide® series of book used by
IT, HR and other professionals as the source of information on topics from
PC Polices to job positions and responsibilities. In addition to its
electronic book and survey publishing, Janco also publishes award winning
business software.
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