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[Conrad Knauer <atheoi@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Faldegast <faldegast@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> http://marketshare.hitslink.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qprid=1
> Internet Explorer have dropped to below 65 % from 70% in the end of December. If this continues it means that they will pass 50% market share in less then three years.

You have to be careful with browser stats; due to the fact that each
company that produces them is taking a different sample of the
internet and extrapolating from it, you can end up with a 'blind men
and an elephant' situation (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind_men_and_an_elephant)

Compare other October data:

http://gs.statcounter.com/
IE ALL = 57.17%

http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php
IE6+7+8 = 51.22%

ALSO, 'global' data does not reflect the fact that there are already
countries (AFAIK, they're all in Europe) where not only is IE < 50%
but in fact where FF is > 50%! e.g. according to StatCounter:

Germany
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-DE-monthly-200810-200911

Finland
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-FI-monthly-200810-200911

Hungary
http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-HU-monthly-200810-200911
(again though, compare to another source from Sept.
http://www.atinternet-institute.com/en-us/browsers-barometer/browser-barometer-september-2009/index-1-2-3-180.html
which shows it as less)

> So it seams that we are winning the browser wars.

That has been the trend, but note that OEMs have not helped at all;
AFAIK Windows preloads still all use IE (though there is light on that
front in Europe; see
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/technology/companies/05soft.html for
example)

What we NEED is to convince some OEMs other than Dell that they should
at least offer Ubuntu (not misc rebranded whatever distro) on their
computers and sure, make a big deal about the fact that Firefox is
preloaded as a feature.

CK

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Microsoft has a majority market share
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Bug description:
Microsoft has a majority market share in the new desktop PC marketplace.
This is a bug, which Ubuntu is designed to fix.

Non-free software is holding back innovation in the IT industry, restricting access to IT to a small part of the world's population and limiting the ability of software developers to reach their full potential, globally. This bug is widely evident in the PC industry.

Steps to repeat:

1. Visit a local PC store.

What happens:
2. Observe that a majority of PCs for sale have non-free software pre-installed.
3. Observe very few PCs with Ubuntu and free software pre-installed.

What should happen:
1. A majority of the PCs for sale should include only free software like Ubuntu.
2. Ubuntu should be marketed in a way such that its amazing features and benefits would be apparent and known by all.
3. The system shall become more and more user friendly as time passes.