02-02-2007, 05:15 PM
The Mozilla Corporation, the company behind the popular Internet browser, Firefox, has their eyes set on China in an effort to compete in the worldâââ‰â¢s second-largest Web market.
Firefox to open corporate office in China
The Mozilla Corporation was established in August 2005 to handle the revenue operations of the Mozilla Foundation, a non profit organization, with a rumored $75 million profit from Firefox in 2005 and an ever increasing ad revenue from Firefoxâââ‰â¢s Google toolbar.
Mozilla has been in China for some time now, but their presence consists of a non-profit office entirely dedicated to supporting open-source software. Mozilla is ready to take the next step by opening up a corporate office in Beijing.
Skeptics are questioning whether the new corporate office will have any influence on the browserâââ‰â¢s popularity in China; stating that itâââ‰â¢s already available worldwide, and anyone is free to download and share the open-source browser, and tweak it to their liking.
Mozilla Chief Operating Officer, John Lilly, is expecting to match their Japanese market with a nine percent share in China in just a couple years; however, Lilly is taking a different approach to winning over the market by not pushing it on consumers. ââ∠âItâââ‰â¢s not our goal to make sure that everyone in the world is using Firefox. My main goal is that people know thereâââ‰â¢s a choice.âââ¬ÃÂ
The explorers of the Internet are constantly switching from Internet Explorer to Firefox, and not just because of security; Firefox prides itself in its security. A 2006 Symantec study showed that Firefox had surpassed Internet Explorer in the number of vendor-confirmed vulnerabilities that year through September.
The bottom line - Firefox is fun; with developers constantly pushing out extensions and add-ons, it will be impossible for the nearly 135 million users of China to resist.
Source: http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/200...-in-china/
Firefox to open corporate office in China
The Mozilla Corporation was established in August 2005 to handle the revenue operations of the Mozilla Foundation, a non profit organization, with a rumored $75 million profit from Firefox in 2005 and an ever increasing ad revenue from Firefoxâââ‰â¢s Google toolbar.
Mozilla has been in China for some time now, but their presence consists of a non-profit office entirely dedicated to supporting open-source software. Mozilla is ready to take the next step by opening up a corporate office in Beijing.
Skeptics are questioning whether the new corporate office will have any influence on the browserâââ‰â¢s popularity in China; stating that itâââ‰â¢s already available worldwide, and anyone is free to download and share the open-source browser, and tweak it to their liking.
Mozilla Chief Operating Officer, John Lilly, is expecting to match their Japanese market with a nine percent share in China in just a couple years; however, Lilly is taking a different approach to winning over the market by not pushing it on consumers. ââ∠âItâââ‰â¢s not our goal to make sure that everyone in the world is using Firefox. My main goal is that people know thereâââ‰â¢s a choice.âââ¬ÃÂ
The explorers of the Internet are constantly switching from Internet Explorer to Firefox, and not just because of security; Firefox prides itself in its security. A 2006 Symantec study showed that Firefox had surpassed Internet Explorer in the number of vendor-confirmed vulnerabilities that year through September.
The bottom line - Firefox is fun; with developers constantly pushing out extensions and add-ons, it will be impossible for the nearly 135 million users of China to resist.
Source: http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/200...-in-china/
