The Register is reporting that the market share for the elderly OS's are on the increase.
Whatever Microsoft is doing to get punters adopting Windows 8.x isn't working, at least if the latest figures from Netmarketshare showing its older operating systems growing faster than its latest progeny are any guide.
We've now tracked Netmarketshare's data for nine months and as the table shows, Windows 7 has enjoyed steady growth over that period. Windows XP has also had its moments, as it did between May and June 2014 when it accounted for 0.06 per cent more of the operating systems Netmarketshare detected with its methodology of digging through web server logs.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 03 2014, @10:22PM
i agree with this but only to a very slight degree. the new UI of firefox is very similar to chrome's - but not quite as frustrating. hence, i still use firefox. on the other side of the coin, now that i'm over my 'disorientation' period, the new firefox UI really isn't bad.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by monster on Friday July 04 2014, @09:12AM
If I wanted Chrome UI so much, I would have installed Chrome. (Thoughts of a typical user)
Copying good ideas is neat. Destroying your product's essence while doing so not so much.