My original post, which I was correcting values for never made it to the site. Was it because of the word starting with Lin and ending with ux? Bad Inquirer, bad, bad, BAD! 

@Bob Innit: The British seem to be backwards techwise. UK is the 3rd last country on the list in Europe (some 17% for you).

The Win2k actually has under 5% market share (when it comes to browsers) whereas Linux has 3.5%. One way or the other, Win2k is dying so you'd better switch to WinXP while you still can. Vista is not an upgrade option.

I call on all loyal Microsoftians to do their UTMOST to reverse this trend AT ONCE! Internet Explorer MUST NOT lose its position as de-facto standard web browser!

Why, even its name tells you how standard its function is--it's Internet Explorer, because it ALONE is capable of letting you Explore the Internet. NO OTHER tool can do this! What are you supposed to do with Firefox--fire the foxes? That's a laugh, ennit?

So, if you don't want the Exploration of the Internet to turn into a Foxful of Fires, you must HELP KEEP IE DOMINANT!!

How much of the growth is due to Windows 2000 users who cannot install IE7?

I call on all loyal Microsoftians to do their UTMOST to reverse this trend AT ONCE! Internet Explorer MUST NOT lose its position as de-facto standard web browser!

Why, even its name tells you how standard its function is--it's Internet Explorer, because it ALONE is capable of letting you Explore the Internet. NO OTHER tool can do this! What are you supposed to do with Firefox--fox the fire? That's a laugh, ennit?

So, if you don't want the Exploration of the Internet to turn into a Foxful of Fires, you must HELP KEEP IE DOMINANT!!

Given the Inq is a UK-based site, why does this article ommit UK figures for FirePheasant usage?

It's just me or the french outfit name sounds like "sh^^^y monitor"?

back to the article, it's a really good thing competition and some variety in the browser market...

I think people who use firefox have actually gone out of their way to install and run it, which means they're likely to keep it up-to-date.

The majority who run IE (the casual using public) probably don't even upgrade windows let alone their browser. 

With the major link between IE Windows, it's more of a sub-program than a full product. Firefox is first and foremost a web browser whose development is independent of other products' development cycles.