Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 3rd Dec 2008 23:47 UTC, submitted by shaneco
Microsoft The month of December has already been unkind to Microsoft. The software giant's Windows operating system and its Internet Explorer browser saw significant market share drops reported on back-to-back days. Not only was the November percentage drop for Windows the biggest in two years, but Windows market share dipped below a number where it has historically held tight: 90 percent. According to Web metrics company, Net Applications, Windows market share as of Dec. 1 is 89.6 percent. Meanwhile, Mac OS X posted its largest gain in two years, with 8.9 percent market share at the end of November.
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I don't like Apple, but this is great!
by kragil on Thu 4th Dec 2008 00:06 UTC
kragil
Member since:
2006-01-04

When more people use Apple then Vendors and Websites need to support "other" platforms.

And that will hopefully lead to more open standards.
I hope my beloved "alternative" platforms will profit from that.