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Press Release - September 9, 2007

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Firefox Loses Luster and Market Share

The Browser and Operating System Market Share White Paper has just been released by Janco Associates..

Park City, UT –  Janco has found the Firefox has lost some market share in the last three months. Victor Janulaitis, the CEO of Janco said, “With the demise of Netscape and the release of Vista Service Pack 1 users have stopped jumping on the Firefox bandwagon.”

The summary findings in Janco's June 2008 Browser and OS Market Share White Paper are:

  • Firefox’s market share now is 15.05% versus 19.06% in January 2008

  • IE’s market share is 65.50% versus 66.72% in May 2007 and 61.06% in January 2008

  • Netscape’s market share has remained at the same level (10.64%) as before the announcement that it would no longer be supported.

  • Google Desktop is gaining in popularity and now commands 3.27% of the market

  • Microsoft’s Vista continues to have a slow acceptance and is on approximately 14.55% of internet connected desktops.

 

A summary of Janco’s browser market share data can be found on the IT-Toolkits  web site (http://www.it-toolkits.com/browser.php).  In addition the full white paper with excel spread sheets can be purchased at both sites for $249.

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Microsoft Browser Market Share History

IE Market Share History

Firefox Browser Market Share History

Firefox Market Share

 

Browser Market Share Changes May 2008 to May 2007

 

May-08

May-07

Change

Browser

 Rank

Percent

Rank

Percent

Rank

Percent

Internet Explorer

1

65.50%

1

66.72%

0

-1.21%

Firefox

2

15.05%

2

16.08%

0

-1.02%

Netscape

3

10.64%

3

10.19%

0

0.44%

Google Desktop

4

3.27%

6

1.77%

2

1.50%

Mozilla

5

2.18%

5

1.47%

0

0.71%

Opera

6

0.98%

7

2.01%

1

-1.04%

Safari

7

0.95%

4

0.83%

-3

0.12%

 

 

98.56%

 

99.07%

 

 

One additional finding in the report is that Microsoft’s new Operating System, Vista now has over 14% of the market of business and enterprise users who browse the Internet.

Operating Systems Market Share for Internet Users May 2008

Vista Market Share

 

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The IT Toolkits 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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