Firefox 3 surpasses IE7 in Europe
Firefox 3 has finally surpassed the popularity of Internet Explorer 7 in Europe according to Web analytics firm StatCounter. 
Firefox 3 holds 35% and IE 7 has 34% in that region. The decline of IE7 can largely be attributed to the release of IE8. IE 8 has grown to 2.3% in Europe, with most of the users upgrading from IE7. This change is what put Firefox 3 on top.
Firefox market share has already exceeded Internet Explorer in several European countries.
The extremely high reputation of Firefox in Europe raises some questions about the validity of the European Commission’s ongoing investigation on Microsoft’s browser bundling tactics.
Microsoft’s browser is clearly not intractably entrenched in Europe and Mozilla’s success in the region demonstrates that third-party browsers can gain a strong position in the market.
