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The Firefox Phenomenon

Posted Feb 28, 2008 03:34pm EST by Sarah Lacy in Internet
Related: msft, goog, appl, twx
Everyone talks about Web 2.0 giants like Facebook and MySpace, but one Web player has them all beat in terms of users and that's Mozilla's Firefox. Firefox was launched by a small, barely funded team just about the time Web 2.0 was getting started. It has changed how people experience the Web more than any one site, and now boasts 17% global browser marketshare. And it's a rabid 17%. I sat down with Mozilla's new chief executive John Lilly just weeks after he took the job to talk about how Firefox became such a phenomenon and why the company breaks all of the normal Silicon Valley startup rules.
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29 Comments

ned100
ned100 - Friday February 29, 2008 11:48AM EST

So how does this help from an investment standpoint, since Mozilla is not publicly traded?

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Gary
Gary - Friday February 29, 2008 09:05PM EST

Great Product....have yet to have a problem...but as it grows in use the hackers will probably attack what ever vulnerabilities it may have

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Reza
Reza - Saturday March 01, 2008 12:22PM EST

The Game Has Changed...Firefox is the future, IE is the past...way past.

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Noe R
Noe R - Monday March 03, 2008 08:29AM EST

love what Mozilla has done, Along with the effects that it has had on me and my web experiences since I founded to be a more stable and effective browser. Keep up the good work!! & thanks

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- Monday March 03, 2008 11:47PM EST

Ya gotta love the plain.... almost "blank" screen. Nothing to move your thoughts to another area. Simple on the face, functional overall. Access to "used" sites is really all that's needed. Go FF!

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- Monday March 03, 2008 11:47PM EST

Ya gotta love the plain.... almost "blank" screen. Nothing to move your thoughts to another area. Simple on the face, functional overall. Access to "used" sites is really all that's needed. Go FF!

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- Monday March 03, 2008 11:47PM EST

Ya gotta love the plain.... almost "blank" screen. Nothing to move your thoughts to another area. Simple on the face, functional overall. Access to "used" sites is really all that's needed. Go FF!

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Steve
Steve - Tuesday March 04, 2008 01:55AM EST

Rarely I use IE7, but only when the website I am at requires it.

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Joe
Joe - Wednesday March 05, 2008 10:53AM EST

Been using it for months...AWESOME!!!! IE...WHO???????

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