Microsoft's position is such that even when it wins, it loses.
In the time period that IE bottomed out at 53.63% to its current share of 55.14%, desktop/laptop share of web browsing dropped from 90.53% to 87.75%.
In other words, desktop IE has actually declined from 48.55% of all browsing usage in August, to 48.39% now. So... it hasn't actually bottomed out at all.
Now, it's not all sour news, as IE's mobile browsing has increased from 0.06% of all traffic to 0.16%, so MS is almost treading water with only a .06% or so decline in usage across all platforms.
(all numbers from netmarketshare)
"The worst part about these reviews is they are [subjective]--and their scores often depend on how drunk you got the media at a Street Fighter event." — Mona Hamilton, Capcom Senior VP of Marketing
*Image indefinitely borrowed from BrainBoxLtd without his consent.
