Windows 10 hits another growth spurt

Windows 10's usage share gains have jumped since last week's release of the operating system's first upgrade, part of another "wave" of increases that started at the beginning of the month, new statistics released today indicate.

Data from Irish analytics company StatCounter showed that Windows 10 entered a distinctive fourth "wave" of usage share growth starting Nov. 2. That wave quickly grew, but as of Thursday there were signs it has crested.

StatCounter measures operating system usage by tracking the agent string of each browser that reaches a customer's website. Those measurements have been referred to as usage share by Computerworld. Essentially, usage share is a proxy for online activity for a specific OS.

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