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[News] [Rival] Is the Windows 'Genuine' 'Advantage' (WGA) Dying Like DRM?

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Is the Windows 'Genuine' 'Advantage' (WGA) Dying Like DRM?
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 18:37:33 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Seeking market share, Microsoft removes WGA anti-piracy check from IE7

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| The move is remarkable because it is the first time that Microsoft has 
| removed WGA checks from a product in order to increase the attractiveness of 
| that product. It's difficult to see this as any but an attempt to get as many 
| users as possible to install IE7, even those who have pirated Windows.     
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071004-seeking-market-share-microsoft-removes-wga-anti-piracy-check-from-ie7.html


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Microsoft's browser market share drops 9.5 percent in a year

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| Microsoft Explorer's share of the browser market has fallen almost 10 percent 
| in the past 12 months, to 63.9 percent, mostly at the expense of Firefox 
| which has boosted its share from 11.8 to 17.4 percent.  
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/14373/1054/


Firefox passes 400 million downloads

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| Firefox just passed the 400 million download mark, according to the Spread 
| Firefox site for promoting the open-source, extendable Web browser. 
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9773836-7.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=NewsBlog


Firefox takes 28% market share in Europe

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| All European countries saw an increase in Firefox participation with Hungary 
| showing the most dramatic increase from 27.2%, in the latest March 2007 
| survey, to 39.7%. Overall, Europe grew from 24.1% to 27.8%.  
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http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2007/07/firefox-takes-28-market-share-in-europe/


IE6: The zombie browser

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| Paul Graham's much-dissected essay Microsoft is Dead offers some witty and 
| perceptive analysis, but it sidesteps the fact that Microsoft's rotten corpse 
| will take decades to decompose.  
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http://blogs.pathf.com/agileajax/2007/09/ie6-the-zombie-.html


IE7 Bites the Dust! Firefox 2.0 Did It!

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| In the same three months, Internet Explorer 7 only managed to move up from 
| 32.02% to 33.15% and to 33.55%, meaning that in the past two months IE7 only 
| jumped 1.53%.  
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/IE7-Bites-the-Dust-Firefox-2-0-Did-It-64490.shtml 

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