Microsoft Browser Rival Mozilla Eyes China
The Mozilla Project, creator and provider of the award-winning Firefox web browser and one of the most popular browser alternatives to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, is setting up a China office to do battle in the world’s second-largest Web market.
California-based Mozilla already has a presence in China via a not-for-profit Foundation supporting open-source software projects, but the Beijing office will be its first real corporate presence, Mozilla Chief Operating Officer John Lilly said in a telephone interview with Reuters this morning.
It’s not our goal to make sure that everyone in the world is using Firefox. My main goal is that people know there’s a choice – that going on the Internet is not just clicking the blue ‘E’.
-John Lilly, Mozilla Chief Operating Officer
Open-source software is intended to be copied and modified freely by users, leaving developers to make money from selling features and technical support, unlike paid-for proprietary software such as Microsoft’s Windows operating system.
If you’re not already using Firefox, you should download it today because Firefox empowers you to browse faster, more safely and more efficiently than with any other browser.
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Comments / What do you think?
February 3rd, 2007
Living in China, I know that Firefox is not as popular yet as it is in other countries… but people are getting more and more interested in it.