Firefox's creator!

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QUOTEThe teen who worries Microsoft

By DINA BASS
Bloomberg News
4/10/2005
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Stanford University sophomore Blake Ross started work on Firefox two years ago.

Blake Ross, the 19-year-old who created the Firefox Web browser in his parents' house in Miami, has done something big software companies have sought to do for years: capture market share from Microsoft Corp.

In the five months since Firefox was released, the program has snared 5 percent of the market from Microsoft's Internet Explorer, according to research firm Websidestory. Microsoft has dominated the market since surpassing Netscape Communications Corp. five years ago.

\"I don't think I am Bill Gates's worst nightmare, but this is a serious pride issue for Microsoft,\" said Ross, a Stanford University sophomore who began work on Firefox two years ago while doing an internship at Netscape.

Firefox, like the Linux operating system, is distributed using a free, open-source model that lets anyone modify the program. The growth of Firefox is a threat to Microsoft because it could be used as the basis for programs that bypass Microsoft's Windows operating system, which generates $11.5 billion in annual sales, said Matt Rosoff, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland, Wash.

Mike Nash, a Microsoft vice president, said the company is accelerating its browser development to boost security. \"If you look at the number of security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer versus Firefox, we feel very good about where we are,\" said Nash, who wouldn't disclose specific features of the next version.

About 30 million users have downloaded Firefox, and Ross predicts the software will capture as much as 15 percent of the browser market in the next year.

\"Six months ago, I would have said the browser wars are over,\" said Gary Barnett, an analyst at London-based researcher Ovum. \"Now I have changed my tune. Firefox has not just cloned Internet Explorer, they have done some cool things and out-innovated Internet Explorer.\" (continues...)
Taken from: http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20 ... 068618.asp

#2

I've always fucken hated IE, most annoying thing related to the Internet.

Firefox is a godsend!

#3

WOW!!!

yeah man...

ever since Ayhja said to grab that shit...and i did...

i'll never use IE again!!!

Firefox just feels safer...IE is way too vulnerable!

not once since i've had Firefox have i had a problem!!...i love it!

that kid's gonna be rich as all get out.

#4

I give a shit Gil Bates can buy two of those kids and make them two to dance at a Michaels Jackson song for an entire month in his jacuzzi.

I use IE, Opera and Firefox and all of that are shit

PS: Viewing all my today's post and taking account that i'm actually happy donno why i'm so negative (anyway i love when it happens), see your assholes!!!!!

#5

I was a die hard IE fan, I won't lie...I was way skeptical to try anything else...But once I go the hang of Firefox, and saw all the neat shit that it could do, man I install it on every PC I touch...The extensions are awesome, and each little program that costs money or the time to hack in IE, is free in Firefox...

But that kid created Firefox when he was like...14...OMFG, he must get all the pussy Stanford has to offer...

#6

^^^^^ Stanford? Pussy? Hmmmmmm, Kristina Planes comes to mind!

#7

he was 11 when he mastered C++, and at 14 he moved to california with his mom because he was a minor to work for Netscape I think while going to school.

That little fucker shames all the programmers as of late!

#8

I loved IE also until I was converted. Now I use Firefox for everything. It's so much better.

Thanks AYHJA!

#9

is it just me or does AYHJA sound like a fucking publisist for firefox?

oh heres an image of blake ross

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QUOTE(Bandyta)That little fucker shames all the programmers as of late!

Especially the whole Microsoft staff!!!!

I think AYHJA isn't a publicist, but he is helping out \"spreading the word\".