Firefox Erodes IE Market Share

Microsoft’s domination of the Web browser market is falling as consumers opt for open-source software from the Mozilla Foundation, according to a survey.

Mozilla’s Firefox 1.0 now has been downloaded 5.6 million times since its launch on the Internet on November 8th, forcing Internet Explorer 6.0’s market share below 90 percent.

Web Survey
 OneStat.com, says in a statement.

Falling Market Share

OneStat’s survey, based on Web users’ activity in 100 countries, revealed that IE 6.0’s market share fell to 88.9 percent in the third week of November, down 5 percentage points from its share in May 2004.

Mozilla-based browsers, including Firefox, rose to 7.4 percent, up 5 percentage points from May.

Firefox 1.0 had a market share of 1.79 percent, while Firefox 0.1 had 2.79 percent and Mozilla 1.x had 2.77 percent in the third week of November.

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