The graph above is all about you. It shows which browser software you folks used to connect to this site last week. Around 84% of you use Microsoft Internet Explorer…mostly versions 5 and 6, though about 5% of you are still back in the Mesozoic Era with version 4. (Upgrading that would not be a bad idea. You're already not seeing a lot of websites with the formatting that their designers intend.)
I posted this because we're hearing a lot these days about the monopoly that Microsoft has in certain areas, particularly about how they've all but forced their browser on the public. I assumed they had the lion's share of the market but even I was surprised by how large that red section of pie is. It's significant because Opera is a faster program and Netscape offers a lot more features. The advantage of Internet Explorer is in its availability and compatibility with other Microsoft products. I use it because it interfaces so easily with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Front Page, etc. They're not leading the market because they're the best. They're leading because they're the biggest.