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Article: Teen's Firefox Web browser lights fire under Microsoft Takes 5% market share away from Internet Explorer
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- April 8, 2005
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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.
In the five months since Firefox was released, the program has
snared 5 percent of the market from Microsoft's Internet Explorer,
according to San Diego-based research firm Websidestory. Microsoft
has dominated the market since surpassing Netscape five years ago.
"I don't think I am Bill Gates' 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.
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