__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Friday 29 December 2006 09:37 \__
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> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Firefox Making Sparks In The UK
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>>| Firefox the open source browser from Mozilla is gaining ground on
>>| Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the UK according to the latest
>>| findings from Nielsen//NetRatings. They have increased their
>>| market share by 768 percent since September 2004. Firefox is
>>| the browser of choice for 12 percent of the UK.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/topnews/wpn-60-20061227FirefoxMakingSparksInTheUK.html
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> That's very encouraging. I think that the UK will be one of the last
> places to adopt open-source in significant amounts, because of the huge
> US influence here, so to see FF having got so far is wonderful.
I think that 75% of the Universities use Firefox, or Open Source at the
least. It's documented somewhere.
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