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Mozilla: From obscurity to opportunity

Ingrid Marson ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 19 Jul 2005 14:35 BST

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ZDNet UK visited the company's HQ in Mountain View, California, to find out how a small band of open source enthusiasts have started to challenge Microsoft's hold on the browser market.

Firefox: Doing it for love
Asa Dotzler, the community co-ordinator for the Mozilla Foundation, reflects on how grassroots marketing has spurred the growth of Firefox, and how a bunch of developers managed to create such enduring loyalty in their product

Behind the scenes at Mozilla HQ
Photos: The Firefox browser may be a growing threat to Microsoft's market dominance but the Mozilla Foundation's office is no Redmond campus yet

Firefox: The alternative history
Asa Dotzler, the community co-ordinator for the Firefox browser, discusses how the fledgling competitor to Microsoft's IE learned to spread its wings

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