“After 19 months of development, two name changes and more than 8 million downloads of its preview release, the Firefox browser is finally turning 1.0. Firefox, a browser based on the Mozilla Foundation’s open-source development work, was made available for free download at 1 a.m. PST Tuesday,” Paul Festa reports for CNET News. “If the download statistics from preview releases of Firefox are any indication, the open-source browser could be headed for a big debut.”
“Microsoft’s Internet Explorer continues to command more than 90 percent of the market, with Opera Software’s browser, Apple Computer’s Safari browser and other Mozilla-based browsers making up the difference. Firefox has set its sights on gaining 10 percent of the market by the end of 2005,” Festa reports.
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