Firefox Continues To Take Share; Apple's Safari Jumps (AAPL, MSFT, GOOG)

From NetApplications:

December 2005 browser market shares:

Monthly data for 2005:

Month	Internet Explorer	Firefox	Safari	Netscape	Opera	Other
January, 2005	89.44%	5.59%	1.66%	1.98%	0.52%	0.81%
February, 2005	89.04%	6.17%	1.69%	1.89%	0.48%	0.74%
March, 2005	88.59%	6.71%	1.73%	1.80%	0.46%	0.70%
April, 2005	88.00%	7.38%	1.81%	1.68%	0.46%	0.67%
May, 2005	87.23%	8.06%	1.91%	1.64%	0.51%	0.65%
June, 2005	86.56%	8.71%	1.93%	1.55%	0.59%	0.65%
July, 2005	87.20%	8.07%	2.13%	1.50%	0.49%	0.61%
August, 2005	86.31%	8.27%	2.20%	2.02%	0.62%	0.59%
September, 2005	86.87%	7.55%	2.39%	2.16%	0.51%	0.51%
October, 2005	86.52%	8.59%	2.56%	1.26%	0.54%	0.54%
November, 2005	86.08%	8.84%	2.78%	1.25%	0.53%	0.52%
December, 2005	85.05%	9.57%	3.07%	1.24%	0.55%	0.53%

Stock impact:

GOOG: Google's search market share is at risk from Microsoft building MSN search into the next generation of IE. So the greater Firefox's market share, the more secure Google's search business.

AAPL: Note that Safari's market share almost doubled in 2005. Is Apple getting more traction than people realise in the PC market?

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