Microsoft has continued to strengthen its grasp on the global browser market, according to new statistics from WebSideStory’s Statmarket.
Published:
27 June 2000 y., Tuesday
A staggering 86.08 percent of Internet users worldwide use Internet Explorer, up from 64.06 percent in February 1999. Netscape’s share of the market has plummeted from 33.43 percent in February 1999 to 13.90 percent in June 2000. Only 0.02 percent of users use another browser.
The operating system market (OS) is also dominated by the behemoth of Microsoft, with 93.63 percent of Internet users worldwide now using a Windows OS product. Only 2.53 percent of users use Macintosh products while 0.36 percent use a Unix OS. About 3.5 percent use another OS.
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