Comments on: Mozilla: 7 years old and as idealistic as ever

Mozilla 1.0 was launched seven years ago, and since that time has changed names (to Firefox), but has never changed its principles.

[bburn--2008]

In 2002 I started using Firefox, called Firebird back then I believe, and knew it had a bright future. Today, it is clear I was right! haha!! But seriously, Firefox has been (and will remain) my default browser for a long time ;-)

[Mahaco]

Reading this on a PC in my Chrome browser......probably should thank Mozilla for pushing Google to make Chrome so good.

[flickrz]

Thanks Mozilla for pushing Microsoft to make more secure browser - although not as good and as secure as Firefox.

[empirestatebuddy]

There's no denying that Mozilla/Firefox has been a success, as well as forcing Microsoft to improve its own browser, Internet Explorer. In the near-term, I see the biggest threat to Firefox to be Google's Chrome (and, to a lesser degree, Apple's Safari), because I think all of them are trying to tap in to the "hate Microsoft crowd". The question is... how large is that slice of the pie? Because if it's only a certain percent of computer owners (say, 25%), then the competition will be fierce among them to survive. Of course, the benefit to consumers is that we get better browsers (even from Microsoft).

[Deekman]

There aren't many Microsoft "lovers" and most just use IE because it's the default browser. I install Firefox on every PC I touch if it's not already installed. Haven't had a single complaint and not one user has gone back to IE. Safari is a joke. I'm warming up to Chrome but for my computer (Mac) it's Firefox all the way.