Software Battle

Well, well, well. If it isn’t some good news today. Internet Explorer’s market share is now down to just 67.55%. Firefox, as always, continues to scoop up a swath of new users each time the survey is run, now pulling in numbers that put it over 21%. Also on the positive is Apple’s Safari, scoring more than 8% for its market share. Great to see the better browsers finally starting to take over the monopolist.

There is, of course, much talk, about why Apple doesn’t get busted for including a web browser packed in with its OS. However, there are a few differences between Apple and Microsoft’s styles. First off, Microsoft has a much larger market share–that alone makes Apple less of a target. Secondly, Safari is not tied in to the OS. It can be removed if you want and no harm will come to you or your computer, unlike IE which is deeply rooted into many of the core functions of most of the Windows operating systems. Finally, if your OS didn’t come with a web browser, how would the average user be able to get online to download the web browser of their choice?

[Thanks to DownloadSquad]