Source: Betanews
A Web site that analyzes personal computers reported today that Napster software was installed on 30 percent of the PCs it tested last month. |
The rising number of Napster-equipped PCs has now surpassed computers bearing such heavyweight software packages as Microsoft Works, Microsoft Money, ICQ, Intuit Quicken, and McAfee VirusScan, said Rob Cheng, president of PC Pitstop LLC, in an interview with Newsbytes. "We're actually going inside the PC, so we know all this stuff," Cheng said.
At its current growth rate, Napster is on track to compete with other freely downloaded applications such as WinAmp, WinZip, RealPlayer and Adobe Acrobat.
Last month's 30 percent Napster rate compares to just 12 percent in March, when PC Pitstop began keeping track of how many PCs contain software of Napster, Scour and Gnutella. While way behind Napster, both sites have grown considerably in the past six months, Scour from 0 percent in March to 5.6 percent and Gnutella from .06 percent to 1.6 percent.
Doesn't come Napster with Windows ?
