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*This point is often missed in the press but it is interesting to note that Firefox market share in corporate environments appears to be pretty closely tracking with the increased use of Firefox in the general internet population. Firefox use inside many organization often starts with IT, web development teams, and engineering departments and then spreads to other departments and individual users.
Jan. 2010
Another couple of articles and research than can be viewed in the glass half full/glass half full context, espcially in the conclusions that it draws.
* http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9143918/Microsoft_IE_s_downfall_far_fetched_says_researcher
* http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/01/enterprises-more-likely-to-shun-firefox-than-ie.ars
But the data itself follows previous findings:
* ~20% of enterprise PCs have firefox installed
Then it adds some interesting findings that
* Almost 50% of the monitored PCs run Firefox - or I think this says 50% of usage might be attributed to Firefox.
This might be an indicator that were browsers and web use is a key part of daily work inside the enterprise, Firefox is in higher relative use. The study suggests two things that are worth more research. Its not only how many PC Firefox is installed on inside the enterprise, its which PCs Firefox is installed on. Anecdotal we hear reports of Firefox use high in IT, Web Development, and Technology areas of companies. That would match these findings.
November 2009 It is reported that IBM will make Firefox the default inhouse browser by the 2nd quarter of 2010. http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/5406
