Chrome, YOUR PRIORITY in 2012?

"The technology monopolies do not last long." The phrase was uttered by Eric Schmidt, Google chief executive, asked again for the absolute success of the search. Years ago, Bill Gates, answered something similar in one of his appearances before the judges of the United States to defend against monopolistic activities, curiously Explorer browser.

It was in 1998 when the Explorer and was the first, but takes years to grow to 98% of the market. Yesterday I used the 41.7% of Internet users, the lowest since 1997, according to the measuring StatCounter , which specializes in tracking the use of browsers, browsers and operating systems.

After Microsoft's browser will still Firefox (26.8%) and Chrome (23.6%) and far away,Safari (Apple) with 5.2%, a few tenths more than a year ago, and the ScandinavianOpera ( 1.7%), a few tenths.

The September figures are not surprising: The Microsoft Explorer browser continues to fall, Firefox, too, and the Chrome up. Just change one detail: the differences are narrowed, so much so that to follow the same progression of the last twelve months, in December Chrome browser will be the second in September 2012 will be the first. Will end 15 years of dominance Explorer, which began in June 1998 to surpass Netscape Navigator.

The latest data confirm trends in each case in a straight line up or down, a whole year.No sawtooth. In twelve months Microsoft's browser has lost nine points, Firefox, who first broke the monopoly of the Explorer wall with its appearance in 2004, has lost 4 points and is no longer the great hope. Almost everything that takes him lose both Chrome, which just celebrated its third anniversary, winning 12 points. To continue that progression and unless some major changes in the products, it appears that it will, within two months the Google browser will have surpassed that of Mozilla, and within a year, will be the absolute leader.

Is also a matter of months the browser on Android phones (mainly Google) exceeds the traditional leader, Opera. In this device, the browser loses the most in a year is the Blackberry, almost six points against the ten won by Android. You also lose points the iPhone browser.

When that day comes, Navigator, owned at the time of Netscape, get the revenge that failed in the courts. For he began to overthrow the rule of Explorer was her Mozilla Foundation, created to give birth to the Firefox browser. Finally, Google will win it, so it is now its president who has to defend itself from accusations of monoplio.