Hamburg - Firefox, the open-source web browser, is close to overtaking the rival Microsoft product, Internet Explorer, in Germany, but Firefox still lags well behind in the rest of the world, according to market data Monday. The disclosure comes just days after Microsoft said it would respond to an EU desire to open up competition among browsers by offering its forthcoming operating system, Windows 7, in the European Union without a browser pre-installed. Fittkau & Maass, a Hamburg market research company, predicted use in Germany of Firefox might overtake that of Internet Explorer some time this year if the trend continues. The Firefox browser, made by Mozilla Foundation, was used for 40 per cent of web viewing, while Internet Explorer versions 7 and 8 had a share of 38 per cent. Internet Explorer 6, a so-called legacy browser which came out in 2001 and is the most advanced browser capable of operating on many older computers, retains 12 per cent of the German market, the data showed. A US survey by Net Application, a market research company, of worldwide usage found that in May Internet Explorer retained a total market share of 66 per cent as against 23 per cent for Firefox. Other browser brands with small shares include Safari, Opera and Chrome.
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