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noslodecoy on 20 September 2008
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ssj12 said:
xman said:
You make some valid points, but IE is still the dominate browser, Windows still is on 95% of he PC's, Apple owns MP3s but MAc is only on 5% of machines. Google owns search engines. But Sony vs MS at the moment MS has sold more Xbox 360 than Sony PS3.

I use a windows based PS and a Mac, browse with firefox and have an Ipod but I also own a 360. I will give them some credit the 360 is a fantastic gaming machine with a great library of games.

 

according to W3schools its at about 92% for OS

2008 WinXP W2000 Win98 Vista W2003 Linux Mac
August 73.9% 2.4% 0.2% 12.5% 1.9% 3.9% 4.9%

 

And for browsers its even less

2008 IE7 IE6 IE5 Fx Moz S O
August 26.0% 24.5% 0.1% 43.7% 0.5% 2.6% 2.1%

 

Even on hit links IE has slipped to 72%

The statistics above are extracted from W3Schools' log-files, but we are also monitoring other sources around the Internet to assure the quality of these figures

Of course the results are going to be skewed.  For someone who mods a website that does sales analysis, you should know better than to post that data.  Afterall, webdevelopers are much more likely to use Firefox for it's add-ons.

Here's a slightly better link.  That's 74% IE.

 

@Fei-Hung

I agree that MS is in a slump.  With that said, I don't think it's for the reasons you mentioned (inacuracies aside).  The Xbox 360 is a very small portion of the company, and is practically a non-factor.  As many have mentioned, their flagships are their OS and Office.  By this time next year, I'm willing to bet that most XP users will have moved on to Vista.  A lot has been fixed in the OS with SP1 and driver support has increased.

In the end I guess it depends on what you think Microsoft is.  Currently, the only things threatening the company are Apple, Linux and itself.  Google and Sony are not direct competition with their core business at this time.  That's why Microsoft created the Xbox and MSN/Live search, to beat the competition before they have the chance to compete.