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Mozilla charts why Microsoft's PC lock is 'potent'

Mozilla's Asa Dotzler, in attempting to visualize the Web's user growth since 1996, gives two startling suggestions, neither of which will endear him to the Microsoft Internet Explorer crowd:

1. The Web has about doubled in size since Safari and Firefox came on the scene, and since that time, Firefox has captured almost half of that growth;
2. The Web is still growing really, really fast. (This visualization) demonstrates how quickly a dominant player can fall, not from users switching, but from growth alone. This is part of what makes Microsoft's desktop monopoly and its lock on the PC (manufacturing) channel so dangerous and potent a weapon. Even if they don't get people to switch, just owning the first experience is worth about 100 million new users a year.

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The twin-stick shooter “REMEDIUM” has just dropped its "Full Act 2" update for PC via Early Access

"Limassol-based (Cyprus) indie games publisher ESDigital Games  and Moscow-based (Russia) indie games developer Sobaka Studio, are today very proud and glad to announce that they have just released the "Full Act 2" update for their fast-paced twin-stick shooter “REMEDIUM” (the said update is available right now for PC via Steam and EGS)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.

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The mythical city building/strategy game “CITADELUM” has just released its demo via Steam EA

"The Barcelona-based (Spain) indie games publisher Abylight Studios and indie games developer Abylight Barcelona (the award-winning studio behind “One Military Camp”), today announced with great happiness and excitement that they have just released a playable demo for their upcoming mythical city building/strategy game “CITADELUM” (the said demo is available right now for PC via Steam EA)." - Jonas Ek, TGG.

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The medieval fantasy RPG/life-sim adventure "Mirthwood" is coming to PC via Steam in Q3 2024

"The Oceanside-based (CA, the US) indie games publisher V Publishing and Seattle-based (WA, the US) indie games developer Bad Ridge Games, are today very proud and glad to announce that their medieval fantasy RPG/life-sim adventure "Mirthwood", is coming to PC via Steam in Q3 2024." - Jonas Ek, TGG.