Ovidiu writes that "it looks like Mozilla's main target audience, at least from a consumer perspective, is going to be Linux only". I suspect this is not true - yes, there are alternative browsers on the Mac, but Windows users will shortly be forced to upgrade their operating system if they want new versions of IE.
For many people, this is not acceptable, as it often involves upgrading the computer too. For many others, the security problems with IE are good enough reason to change.
It's entirely possible that mozilla won't win out on the desktop, but it may be a surprise contender that does - Opera, perhaps? People will start looking for the same browser on all their platforms. Given the increase in mobile phones, mobile browsing is going to become a significant market share. Only Opera is actively catching all these platforms.
So I don't think the browser war is over just yet...
Posted by savs at July 23, 2003 9:11 PM