On November 9, Mozilla launched a Firefox 1.0 browser, Microsoft's IE market team has also begun to take defense measures.
According to Websidestory, IE has dropped from 95% higher than 95% from summer than 93%. Although the decline is not large, you can see a trend from it and it is enough to cause Microsoft's uneasiness.
As early as September this year, the Walter Mossberg Walter Mossberg in the Wall Street Journal has also said that the sales of Microsoft IE browser will fall.
So where is IE problem? How will Microsoft will respond to a sudden competitor?
One question is that IE is more secure, but it is necessary to wait until 2006, and the old version will undoubtedly be attacked by network worms, viruses.
Now only 20% -25% of the Windows customer base in the world is using the latest IE version, because the version only provides Windows XP SP2 (Microsoft will be called IE 6 SP2), while other Windows users run IE 6 SP1 even longer two years ago.
Microsoft emphasizes that IE has its own advantages, including supporting third-party development, providing thousands of IE accessories and tools, and compatible with enterprise applications.
Microsoft is currently putting most energy in the Longhorn operating system that will be launched in 2006, and promise will increase some security functions before this. But Microsoft said that if Firefox will continue to grab Microsoft's "lunch", threat to IE, Microsoft will also take a response program based on the situation.
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