What Firefox has done is shown competitors that giant like Microsoft can be beaten, without venture capital, an IPO or a marquee brand name. All you need is a good product, and consumers will find it. This weekend, I was at a Thanksgiving dinner, and one guest who was non-techie was thinking about switching to Firefox. David Galbraith thinks that Firefox is a sign of a disease which Microsoft needs to fight quite aggressively or see its hold on Middle Earth crumble.
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