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Janco has collected consistent data on browser activity since September 1997. The data is collected from commercial sites that focus on business-to- business activity. Janco is a Mountain States-based consulting firm that publishes the HandiGuide(R) electronic series of books used by IT, HR, and other professionals as the source of information on topics from policies, procedures, job descriptions, and best practices.
Major findings include:
Microsoft's browser market share has continued to erode and has fallen to 58.50% versus 65.48% (loss of 6.96%) in August 2007 and 82.99% (loss of 24.49%) in August 2005;
Firefox has maintained its number 2 browser position and now is used by almost 19% (18.94%) of all users;
Google Desktop has over 4% (4.01%) of the market;
Time Warner made a strategic error in abandoning Netscape as users continue to use Netscape even though AOL no longer supports it.
Microsoft's Vista has just under 15% (14.94%) of the market after almost 20 months since Vista's first release candidate (RC1).
Victor Janulaitis, the CEO of Janco, said, "Both Vista and Netscape show that large companies make huge blunders in technology. In the case of Microsoft, they no longer count on moving users to new products as quickly as they want. Time Warner's short-sighted decision to abandon Netscape shows technology decisions are long-term ones, and companies that want to create value in that market need to look beyond quarter-to- quarter earnings. But the real story is the continued erosion of Microsoft's market share."
Browser Market Share:
1—Microsoft's IE—58.50%;
2—Firefox—18.94%;
3—Netscape—11.63%;
4—Google Desktop—4.01%;
5—Mozilla—3.05%.
The Browser Market Share and Operating System Market Share White Paper data is based on international accesses for business to business Internet Users. The data does not include any consumer, adult, children, or game sites.
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