Google To Challenge Microsoft’s Browser Dominance
Posted by Steve Laser on 09/1/08 in Google, Microsoft, Mozilla
The browser wars will heat up Tuesday as Google will make their brand new browser beta, called Chrome, available for download in more than 100 countries. This download is only available for Windows, but they are working on versions for Mac and Linux.
This latest torpedo aimed at the mother ship Microsoft, comes just a week after Microsoft released it’s own Internet Explorer 8 beta. IE is used by 75% of surfers, with Firefox a distant second at 10%. Google just re-upped its advertising partnership with Firefox through 2011.
“The Web gets better with more options and innovation,” Sundar Pichai, Google’s vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, Google’s engineering director, wrote in the posting. “Google Chrome is another option, and we hope it contributes to making the Web even better.”
I project the winner to be consumers.
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