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Opera: 'Dramatic' rise since Microsoft's ballot page
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| 85% more downloads in UK
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http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/opera-dramatic-rise-since-microsoft-s-ballot-page-677758
Microsoft's browser loses market share in Europe
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| Microsoft's Internet Explorer has lost
| market share in major European markets,
| such as France, Britain and Italy, after
| the U.S. software firm started to make it
| easier for European consumers to use
| competing browsers.
|
| Microsoft's pledge to allow easier access
| to rival browsers in Windows by the middle
| of May, ended a long antitrust dispute with
| the European Union.
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http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE62L1KE20100322
Microsoft Sees IE Share Decline in European Markets
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Windows/Microsoft-Sees-IE-Share-Decline-in-European-Markets-580525/
Why Microsoft really, really, hates the cloud
http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=1014
Early reports show IE not faring well in the post-ballot screen days
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| According to Statcounter, IE use in France
| has dropped 2.5 percent since last month's
| implementation of the ballot, 1.3 percent
| in Italy, and 1 percent in Britain. It's
| still early days, and it'll take more than
| this to chip away from IE's 62 percent lead
| in the browser war, but it's certainly not
| a good trend for Microsoft. With that in
| mind, we're going to have to ask you to
| place your bets now.
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/22/early-reports-show-ie-not-faring-well-in-the-post-ballot-screen/
Microsoft's IE Losing Market Share Thanks to Browser Ballot
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| That ballot debuted at the beginning of
| this month, and immediately, IBM's Rob Weir
| had a problem with it. According to
| Computerworld, Weir said Microsoft failed
| to use a random shuffle algorithm. He said:
| "This was a rookie mistake. [It] is more in
| the nature of a 'naive algorithm,' like the
| bubble sort, that inexperienced programmers
| inevitably will fall upon when solving a
| given problem. I bet if we gave this same
| problem to 100 freshmen computer science
| majors, at least one of them would make the
| same mistake."
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http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/bentley/microsofts-ie-losing-market-share-thanks-to-browser-ballot/?cs=40244
Small Browser Makers Ask Microsoft to Change Browser Ballot Box Again
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| Small browsers can only be found by
| scrolling sideways
|
| Microsoft has found itself having to alter
| its practices on several occasions in
| Europe and the U.S. after regulators
| stepped in and forced change. One of the
| most recent instances was when the European
| Commission asked Microsoft to make browser
| selection more open and fair to other
| browser makers in Europe.
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http://www.dailytech.com/Small+Browser+Makers+Ask+Microsoft+to+Change+Browser+Ballot+Box+Again/article17884.htm
Microsoft confirms IE9 will shun Windows XP
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/03/17/ie9_no_windows_xp/
âWeâve told you already, stop using XPâ? â XP and IE9 + alternatives.
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| Ballot produces Opera Increases?
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| Its been reported that Opera has
| experienced a doubling of downloads since
| the Windows Ballot was introduced. I have
| argued that the ballot will make no
| difference to the average user who has
| never tried anything other than IE. I
| challenged at the time that the EU anti-
| trust case would have been better served
| looking at OEM rather than the browser
| issue which people seem to be able to make
| their own decisions about once they have
| done their own research.
|
| [...]
|
| I think Microsoft is find now that itâs
| burnt many bridges, which users finally
| seeing Microsoft and its associated wares
| in their true light. With so many happy
| users enjoying alternate products on so
| many different platform, does Microsoft
| look cutting edge or does it look tired and
| old, struggling to keep up with better
| technologies and happy users of those
| products?
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/weve-told-you-already-stop-using-xp-xp-and-ie9-alternatives/
Recent:
Will Internet Explorer 9 be any safer?
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| While Microsoft seems focused on some good
| things, like improving IE's speed and finally
| making it more compatible with the forthcoming
| HTML 5 standard, I didn't see a lot about
| improving the program's own built-in security.
| Indeed, this early test-drive model doesn't
| even include IE 8's SmartScreen anti-malware
| filter and private-browsing function.
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http://www.itworld.com/security/101035/will-internet-explorer-9-be-any-safer
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