| Website | mozilla.com |
| Blog | blog.mozilla.com |
| Category | Web |
| webmaster@mozilla... | |
| Employees | 150 |
| Founded | 2/98 |
| Total | $2.3M |
| Angel, 2005 Mitch Kapor | $300k |
| Unattributed, 7/03 AOL | $2M |
Born from Netscape’s 1998 open sourcing of the code base behind its Netscape Communicator internet suite, Mozilla Firefox currently holds approximately 14.85% of the world market for internet browsers as of October 2007. Version 1.0 was released on November 9, 2004 after a series of name changes, and within a year close to 100 million downloads of the browser technology had occurred.
The following two years saw upgrades to version 1.5 in November 2005 and 2.0 in October 2006. Firefox’s feature set includes tabbed browsing, an array of extensions, themes and add-ons to enable more functionality within the browser, as well as a variety of security measures that help the browser compete with Internet Explorer for customers.
| Website | mozilla.com/en-US/firefox |
| Blog | blog.mozilla.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | November 9, 2004 |
| Tags | web-browser |
In February 2008 Mozilla announced that they had reached 500 million downloads of Firefox, and 150 million active users.
| Website | mozillamessaging.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | February 1, 2008 |
Mozilla Messaging launched in February 2008. From their mission statement:
”Our Mission
We subscribe to the Mozilla Manifesto. Furthermore, we believe that email is the killer app of the Internet, a vital tool in modern society, and one which has not evolved as much or as fast as it should have. We’re driven to improve the experience of people communicating with each other on the Internet.
Our first tool in this endeavor is the Mozilla Thunderbird email client, which is already in use by millions of people worldwide. Using a collaborative, participatory process, we will work to make Thunderbird the most useful, enjoyable communications tool possible. It’s a huge challenge, but we believe that by finding like-minded people who want to help, we can have a real impact, and have a lot of fun doing it.
In order to provide as many opportunities for participation as possible, we strive to be open and transparent in our operations.”
