"When the folks from Mozilla prepared to launch their
open-source Firefox 1.0 browser two years ago, their hope was to
gain enough market share to compel Web sites to adopt open
standards--rather than standardizing on Microsoft's proprietary
Internet Explorer browser technology. Job done. Firefox has
anywhere from a 10% to 18% worldwide market share among browser
users, depending who is counting, and almost every Web site that
matters makes it possible for Firefox users to fully access their
pages. The turning point came earlier this year when banks and
financial services outfits including American Express and Fidelity
switched over. Now, with the impending arrival of the Firefox 2.0
browser, you can expect Firefox to gain even more share and make it
even more difficult for Microsoft to call the shots,
technology-wise, on the Web..."
