Ugh. Not encouraging news. It makes one wonder though, how important is it really which browser people are using? Browsers may become irrelevant commodoties since it's really about the content that's being reached. What value add do the browsers offer? Speed? Security? Are the deltas really that big?

I certainly hope it doesn't come to commoditization or significant loss in market share. I'm confident that Microsoft can demonstrate that it's the best software maker in the world, and that browsing anything via IE is a superior experience. ;-)

Quoted: In February, I used a simple mathematical analysis to project that IE's days of domination are numbered. Put simply, if these trends continue, Microsoft's stronghold on the browser market will slip away sooner than most may think.

Quoted: So is the battle effectively over? Maybe. Given that IE 8 was hyped as the company's big leap into outperforming its competitors, and given the dismal results we're seeing so far, one has to wonder what further tricks Microsoft could possibly have up its sleeve.