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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