Slow and steady wins the race ?

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Image courtesy Tech Drive-In

Stat agencies have reported that for the first time the market share of Microsoft Internet Explorer may be below 50%. The last time so few people used IE was around 1997-1998 - a time when the web was not yet a household term even in the USA.

Read more about the general decline of IE market share here.

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