“The group released its Mozilla 1.0 package this month–some
four years after AOL’s Netscape unit launched the project. (AOL
Time Warner is the parent company of CNN.com.)“And while analysts aren’t sanguine about the browser’s
prospects, there is excitement among those who believe Mozilla’s
real strength lies in its versatility and potential for gadgets
such as wireless devices where Microsoft is not yet dominant.“‘Internet technology is (being) transformed into a privatized
world, developed and run for the benefit of a small number of
vendors,’ said Mitchell Baker, the project’s general manager.
‘Mozilla is a critical component of keeping the Web open and
allowing innovation…'”
[Disclaimer: Brian Proffitt, Managing Editor of LT,
was interviewed for background to this story.]
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