Five per cent - or slightly less. That is the number of consumers worldwide who use Firefox, the much-vaunted Web browser upstart.
To some, that figure may sound like no cause for celebration. How can a browser developed by a community of open-source developers pose a threat to Microsoft's Internet Explorer?
Firefox's position looks even shakier when you invert the prevailing media spin by turning the figures around and note that the Redmond Mauler has about 95 per cent of the browser market share. Some 'browser war'. To defeatists and those with long memories, resistance may seem useless.
Think what happened to Netscape. When I started roaming the information highway a decade ago, Netscape appeared to be the default mode of digital transport.
Back then, Netscape supposedly had a market share of more than 80 per cent along with a fatal flaw - its cost.
In contrast, Internet Explorer was free. With typically Darwinian ruthlessness, Microsoft pressed home this advantage, mimicking each of its rivals' features until, by the fourth generation of each, Explorer was just as good.