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Up next: IE 8.0

Up next: IE 8.0OnestatOnestat says 86.8% of 96.97% are XP.Thats 89.51%/Close enough to 90% for me.http://www.onestat.com/html/aboutus_pressbox46-operating-systems-market-share.htmlI would tend to agreeIt'd be interesting to see where any actual support for that statement comes from and what the numbers are.several points to notefirst is that it doesn't say 90% of computer users,...

Tags: Web browsers, OneStat, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, IE8, IE 8.0, UP NEXT, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-10-25

Microsoft has 97ò0of OS market, says OneStat.com

Microsoft has 97ò0of OS market, says OneStat.comPure, Adulterated, CrapTo suggest that the installed base of windows XP exceeds the installed base of other windows versions of windows worldwide by a factor of 8 to 1 is absurd.It would be better to suggest that the responses of the site visitors who...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, OneStat, Linux, stat, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-21

Microsoft has 97% of OS market, says OneStat.com

Some pretty stunning stats from market analytics firm OneStat.com, which is reporting that Microsoft's Windows OS family of products has 97% of the operating system market - "a global usage share of 96.97 percent", to be exact. The leading OS on the web is Windows XP, with 86.80% share. Microsoft's...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OneStat

Blog posts 2006-08-21

Firefox usage continues to increase - IE down again

The latest browser market share stats from OneStat.com show that Firefox's usage share continues to gain on Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Firefox now has a total global usage share of 12.93 percent, up 1.14 percent from May 2006. Meanwhile the total global usage share of Internet Explorer is 83.05 percent,...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox

Blog posts 2006-07-11

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Sun's Jonathan Schwartz: CIOs will hunt me down to pay me money

Sun's Jonathan Schwartz: CIOs will hunt me down to pay me moneyA legend in his own mindCurrent Global OS usage by OneStat puts Windows at around 97%, Mac around 2.7% and Linux 0.3%. Hmmm, I don't seem to see Solaris use or where their 9 million downloads went. ...

Tags: Programming languages, UNIX, Operating systems, Jonathan Schwartz, Paul, Sun Microsystems Inc., kind-of security, Java, security, Sun Solaris, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-08-09

Data attraction: hard science, or numbers game?

Statistical data holds a powerful allure. Numbers are believed to provide “ascertainable totals” and to represent “abstract mathematical systems” (Merriam-Webster).In “Data agendas: PR by the numbers” and “Data hype? Internet data shops kingmakers, rainmakers”, however, I question the validity of publicly available Internet data and the public’s reliance on such...

Tags: INTERNET DATA

Blog posts 2006-08-05

Data agendas: PR by the numbers

Debate over Nielsen/NetRatings’ data release on podcasting vs. blogging and Hitwise’s data release on MySpace vs. Yahoo reflects the powerful weight numbers carry.In my story yesterday “Data hype? Internet data shops kingmakers, rainmakers” I question data shops', and bloggers’, “love” for “making headlining stories out of data”:The Hitwise e-mail blasts...

Tags: Blogging, public relations, Hitwise, Internet

Blog posts 2006-07-13

Data hype? Internet data shops kingmakers, rainmakers

In my “New York Times beats Digg, or Hitwise beats Alexa?” story I refer to my prior story, "Digg v.3, Who needs the New York Times?” to note that the debate is larger than Digg vs. The New York Times:My story questioned the validity of relying on an Alexa-based chart...

Tags: Digg, Hitwise

Blog posts 2006-07-12

180solutions installation practices under fire

180solutions installation practices under fireThe other side of the story.First, I would encourage people to read my entire post, particularly the first point which states that only 64 installations of our software occurred via this AIM worm. That’s not quite the “large infestation” accused on this blog. Let me tackle...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, DollIdol.com, DollIdol, software, TRUSTe, 180Solutions, screen resolution, computer

Discussion threads 2006-01-10

Top search engines in November 2005: Google - 39.8%, Yahoo! - 29.5%, MSN - 14.2%

Americans conducted 5.15 bln searches online during November 2005, up 9% from November 2004. Google Sites garnered the most searches in November 2005 with 2.05 bln searches measured, followed by Yahoo! Sites (1.52 bln searches), MSN-Microsoft Sites (728.8 mln searches), Time Warner Network (446 mln searches), and Ask Jeeves (336.3...

Tags: search engine

Blog posts 2006-01-07

Browser Wars 2006 - Microsoft set to continue dominance

With all this talk of web-based apps, it's easy to forget there's still a battle going on for the browser platform - upon which most of the 'Web 2.0' apps run. Firefox will be releasing its 1.5 version later this week, accompanied by a marketing campaign to convince users of...

Tags: Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Blog posts 2005-11-28

Firefox share reaches 8.59% in September 2005

Mozilla Firefox increased its market share to 8.59% from 7.55% in September 2005, NetApplications said. Microsoft Internet Explorer dipped slightly to 86.52% from 86.87%. Before OneStat reported on Firefox reaching 11.5% global market share in October 2005.

Tags: Mozilla Firefox

Blog posts 2005-11-05

Firefox global share reached 11.5% in October 2005, USA share reached 14.1%

OneStat claims Mozilla Firefox Web browser reached 11.5% share as of October 2005. Microsoft Internet Explorer still has 85.5% of the market. USA has a high share of Firefox fans (14.1%), while UK is lagging with 4.9% of the Internet users using alternative browser.

Tags: Web browser, Mozilla Firefox

Blog posts 2005-11-03

Top search engines in September 2005: Google - 56.9%, Yahoo - 21.2%, MSN - 8.9%

SearchEngineWatch points to September 2005 OneStat survey of search engine usage. MSN Search's global usage share has risen from 8.6 % to 8.9 %. Google's global usage share has decreased 0.3 % the last 8 months. Yahoo's global usage share remains stable. The second largest search engine on the web...

Tags: global usage

Blog posts 2005-09-26

Lies, damned lies, and browser market share statistics

As a professional journalist, I find itfrustrating when my brethren repeat press releases verbatim, without looking inside them. Such is the case with recent "reporting" on Firefox.Firefox Gains Share At Slower Pace, says MacWorld. This is based on data from WebSideStory, which provided the headline. But think, people! As numbers...

Tags: Web browser, Mozilla Firefox

Blog posts 2005-03-01

Firefox share climbs to 8.45% in February 2005

OneStat issued a report claiming Firefox market share clibmed to 8.45% by the end of February 2005. The browser growth mostly comes from Internet Explorer 5.x users choosing Firefox instead of Internet Explorer 6 when upgrading their browser. However, with 87.28% market browser Microsoft Internet Explorer is still the dominant...

Tags: Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Blog posts 2005-02-28

Firefox share climbs to 8.45% in February 2005

OneStat issued a report claiming Firefox market share clibmed to 8.45% by the end of February 2005. The browser growth mostly comes from Internet Explorer 5.x users choosing Firefox instead of Internet Explorer 6 when upgrading their browser. However, with 87.28% market browser Microsoft Internet Explorer is still the dominant...

Tags: Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox

Blog posts 2005-02-28

Microsoft still owns 88.79% of the Web browser market

OneStat published a new Web browser report, claiming that Microsoft Internet Explorer lost 5% of browser market share from May 2004. OneStat powers more than 50,000 websites in 100 countries and derives its numbers from the usage statistics on the customers' Web sites.Web browser market shares in November 2004Microsoft IE...

Tags: Web browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Blog posts 2004-11-22

Linux oogles desktop PC replacements

Linux oogles desktop PC replacementsZDNET????Would someone like to define the word oogle for me? As far as I know this is not a word with any meaning whatsoever. The English language is fine thing, please use it with respect.If you mean Linux providers are excited over expanding there market share...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, WinFS, Prior Art, Free Software development, desktop computer, English Language, PC, Microsoft Office, Linux, IBM Corp., Novell Inc., desktop

Discussion threads 2004-05-21

Microsoft to create pop-up safety lessons

Microsoft to create pop-up safety lessonsHmmmmWell, it's a start, now let's see if they can get it right. I will concede they are targeting part of the problem and that is the end user. Good luck, hope you can get it right, because WinXP OfficeXP sure is annoying!They're all going...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., security

Discussion threads 2004-04-28