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Windows 8 Dates Leaked, Windows 7 Market Share, IE 8 Top Browser
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Posted by Donster on: 2010-02-03 15:15:23 303
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Microsoft has plenty to feel good about about these days
By Jason Mick @ DailyTech
Microsoft struggled under a negative public image during the Vista years. However, the work it did would help to lay the foundation for Windows 7, perhaps Microsoft's most popular operating system to date. The new OS, which was released last October, was extremely well received thanks in part to an unprecedented public test program that saw millions download free trial builds of early versions of the OS and suggest ways Microsoft could improve it.
Now Windows 7 has hit a market share of 10 percent according to market research firm Net Applications. To put those gains in context, Windows Vista did not hit over 10 percent until May 2008 – what took Windows Vista 16 months to achieve, Windows 7 did in a mere 5 months.
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