Thanks to Gareth
Barnard for this link.
“In the year since its birth, mozilla.org has breathed new life
into the open source software development model.”
“The organization won the dedication, respect, and–most
importantly–the free labor of software developers worldwide. It
inspired giant computer firms to take a closer look at open source
development, and it potentially robbed Microsoft of another crucial
monopoly.”
“One of the things that kind of bothers me is that it’s been a
year now and we haven’t had a baby yet.”
“Many developers attribute to mozilla.org part of the recent
surge in interest in the open-source Linux operating system.”
“By embracing the open source model for a product that was
widely distributed in the mainstream, and saying they were
supportive of Linux, they gave open source a very important
boost.”
This is a lengthy, but informitive, read. -lt ed