The front page of my Web site has a counter that keeps statistics (for that page only). I hadn't looked at those stats for almost a year (I now have exhaustive stats for every page from my ISP).

For my site in August, Internet Explorer (all versions) has fallen back to 63% from about 72% and rising last time I looked.

August OS hits showed Linux has come up from next to nothing and makes a significant showing at about 8% (2554 hits). It's now way above Macintosh and twice Windows95 (but half Windows NT). Windows XP comes in at 1% (379 hits) just below Unix. Windows Me has a shocking 5 hits, tied with WebTV and well below Windows 3.1 (194 hits) but above Amiga (3 hits).

My site would be counting a more sophisticated crowd, so I went to the counter's global stats which reflect the general browsing public (271 million hits / month).

Back in January IE had a 91% share. In August it's 92%. The rest is pretty much all Netscape (all versions).

Here Windows Me is doing better, rising from 2% in January to 11% in August, enough to put it into the top 3.

Now, Here's the Shocker

In January Windows XP was about twice OS/2 and way below Unix (all in the low 0% range) WebTV was just above Linux in the mid 0% range.

in August Windows XP is still little more than twice OS/2 and way below Unix in the low 0% range.
I can only interpret this as an unprecedented disaster for Microsoft. Their XP sales figures have got to be lies.

In other news, Linux has traded places with WebTV and is now pushing toward Windows 3.1 in the mid 0% range.