Monday, November 29, 2004

Volunteers Spread Word of Firefox

San Jose, CA

Here is an exeprt from an article with news on the new and improved internet browser "Firefox". I suggest that EVERYONE switch over to Firefox (click here to download it)

MOZILLA MANIA

By K. Oanh Ha
Mercury News

"... Their weapon of faith is Fire- fox, a free browser created by the non-profit Mozilla Foundation as an alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer. Officially released this month, Firefox is converting a growing number of Internet users -- and nibbling away at Microsoft's dominance.


Vincent is one of roughly 2,000 volunteer evangelists who see their mission as freeing millions of computer users from the tyranny of Internet Explorer. Mountain View-based Mozilla -- with a paid staff of 12 software developers -- depends on volunteers like Vincent to help write code, fix software bugs and market the browser.

``A lot of people out there are not aware of what is possible on the Internet,'' said Vincent. ``Firefox is waking up a lot of people.''

Firefox missionaries promise an Internet experience that's faster, more secure and free from pop-up ads. And that's just the beginning of their Utopian vision. To hear many of the faithful talk, their ministry stops nothing short of changing the lives of Internet users..."

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