REDMOND software package firm Microsoft has finally seen apply of its Windows 7 operating system (OS) overtake that of its ten year old brother, Windows XP.
Web analytics firm Statcounter revealed the change in usage and explicated that globally Windows 7 has a 40.5 per cent market share, Windows XP has 38.5 per cent, and Windows Vista has 11.2 per cent.
"Vista was like the ugly sister that few wanted to dance with," said Aodhan Cullen, CEO, Statcounter, as he announced the changes.
"Despite Microsoft trying to keep it back in the kitchen, [Windows] XP has continued tremendous loyalty over the last decade. However, it looks like the younger Windows 7 is now emerging in the Cinderella role."
The usage charts are not the same across the planet and while Windows 7 has overtaken Windows XP in the America and Europe, the latter is still dominant in Asia, where it has a 55 per cent market share. Windows 7, by comparison, has 36 per cent.
It is ten years since Microsoft brought out the Windows XP operating system, and in those years Microsoft has tried to tempt users away with not just one, but two major OS releases, neither of which seemed to be capable to pull entrenched, and mostly business, users aside from its veteran OS.
Microsoft has committed to support the Windows XP OS until 2014. but perhaps just begrudgingly. As recently as this Spring analyst group Forrester reckoned that 60 per cent of PCs were running it, although it remains a choice target for rootkit infections. theinquirer.net
Web analytics firm Statcounter revealed the change in usage and explicated that globally Windows 7 has a 40.5 per cent market share, Windows XP has 38.5 per cent, and Windows Vista has 11.2 per cent.
"Vista was like the ugly sister that few wanted to dance with," said Aodhan Cullen, CEO, Statcounter, as he announced the changes.
"Despite Microsoft trying to keep it back in the kitchen, [Windows] XP has continued tremendous loyalty over the last decade. However, it looks like the younger Windows 7 is now emerging in the Cinderella role."
The usage charts are not the same across the planet and while Windows 7 has overtaken Windows XP in the America and Europe, the latter is still dominant in Asia, where it has a 55 per cent market share. Windows 7, by comparison, has 36 per cent.
It is ten years since Microsoft brought out the Windows XP operating system, and in those years Microsoft has tried to tempt users away with not just one, but two major OS releases, neither of which seemed to be capable to pull entrenched, and mostly business, users aside from its veteran OS.
Microsoft has committed to support the Windows XP OS until 2014. but perhaps just begrudgingly. As recently as this Spring analyst group Forrester reckoned that 60 per cent of PCs were running it, although it remains a choice target for rootkit infections. theinquirer.net
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