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Mozilla gains Market Share

Mozilla's Web browsers now command 8.69 percent of the global browser market, according to a recent survey by Dutch analytics company OneStat.com.
 
Microsoft's Internet Explorer still dominates the market, with a hefty 86.63 percent of the market, with Apple's Safari browser trailing in third place with 1.26 percent of the market. Opera alone commands about 1.03 percent, and Netscape has about 1.08 percent.

Other studies have confirmed OneStat's findings. In a recent report, Janco Associates found that Firefox is now the browser of choice for 10 percent of business users, with IE at 83.07 percent.

Although some analysts haven’t taken the enthusiasm of Firefox advocates seriously because of Microsoft's formidable lead, it is important to note how quickly IE is losing its share, said Niels Brinkman, cofounder of OneStat.

"IE is steadily declining, and it doesn't look like that's going to stop," Brinkman said. "Unless Microsoft makes some major changes, other browsers seem to be nibbling away at its share."

Microsoft has been criticized for failing to update its browser, most notably by Marc Andreessen, one of the founders of Netscape Communications.

Last October, Andreessen accused Microsoft of getting a monopoly over the browser and then ending innovation.
Microsoft has countered by pointing to improvements done to IE in recent years, especially in Windows XP Service Pack 2.

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