[Coleus]

At $30 billion and counting, I don't think Bill Gates is worrying. Reading threads from many freepers I see a trend where they are switching to Firefox.

Blake? That's a first name for someone?

[randog]

Blake? That's a first name for someone?

That's the 'in' thing to do--give your kid a surname as a first name, or, as another freeper calls it--a "soap opera name".

[Maigret]

Thanks to recommendations of freepers, I switched to Firefox a couple months ago and LOVE IT! Not only is it troublefree so far, my spyware shows it has decreased spyware being picked up by more than 90%.

[holymoly]

I don't think Bill Gates is worrying.

Nor do I. IE comes pre-installed on every Windows machine. Sadly, many people are unaware of the threat IEs' numerous vulnerabilities (e.g. ActiveX) pose, and that safe alternatives to MSIE exist.

[Uncle Miltie]

This is impossible! Microsoft has a monopoly! The Clinton Administration said so!

[Doohickey]

Boy this free software war is getting intense! Sombody's going to lose...well...nothing!

[mdittmar]

Since I.E. and firefox are both free,I don't see Gates worrying,not that he would ith his billions.

A new O.S. to rival windows may cause some concern,but I don't see that happening.

[Last Visible Dog]

Is this internet prodigy about to knock Microsoft off its pedestal? Bill Gates' nightmare? FIREFOX

Browser war ended years ago - nobody cares and there is nothing to gain

They give FireFox away for free - if every American got a copy of FireFox this guy would make zero dollars. Some clown actually thinks Bill Gates is losing sleep over this?

If this guy wants to "knock Microsoft off its pedestal" he might consider creating something he does not give away for free. Reinventing the wheel is not that exciting - no matter how cool the new wheel is.

BTW: I use FireFox. I like it. From what I understand it currently has CSS problems so it is not a business contender.

Microsoft's success is not build on the browser they give away for free.

In the late-90's Linux was going to knock Microsoft off its pedestal (funny how the free software model never really works out as planned)

[Honcho Bongs]

I used Firefox and I got a bigger, firmer, better quality web surfing experience.

[Maceman]

It hailed Mr Ross, now 19, as a software prodigy. He is also a talented pianist and “an unbelievable creative writer”, according to his mother, Ross. “Anything he does, he does well,” she said. As a seven-year-old Mr Ross became hooked on the popular computer game SimCity, designing and budgeting his own virtual city. By 10, he had created his own website. He later created his own computer applications and online text games.Soon he was reporting computer software flaws to manufacturers online. At 14 he was offered an internship at Netscape in Silicon Valley. His mother drove him out to California for three summers in succession.

I'm a waste.

[politicalwit]

I've tried Foxfire on two occasions now and for some reason I find it "lacking." It's hard to pinpoint the exact reason but I keep returning to IE. I do keep Windows XP Pro and IE patched and have never experienced problems.

[KStorm]

I like Firefox, but I don't like the way page fonts are rendered. Maxthon is a good 'tabbed' version of IE.

[KevinB]

I agree that MS isn't the least bit concerned about Firefox. IE has never made a dime for MS as far as I know because MS makes its money on the operating system that loads IE.

That being said, I have been using Firefox for about six months now and love it. In addition to being fast and easy, I just ran Ad-aware for the first time in two months and it found 0 new objects. I'm sure hackers will target Firefox for viruses if its use becomes ubiquitous, but that's probably way off.

[Doohickey]

I use both Firefox and IE. I think IE is the better browser, but I do like Firefox because I can keep it stripped down to the bare minimum, so no shockwave or other plug-ins there.

I've used the Google toolbar for a couple of years now, and with SP-2 IE finally got the popup blocker it needed so I don't have the nightmares others will tell about.

Basically, I use Firefox for online shopping, reading the news, etc. and IE for fun.

[Uncle Hal]

I downloaded Firefox but I also have the Avant Browser which has an Internet Explorer base. Avant has most of the bells and whistles of Firefox. It probably is not as secure as Firefox but I like it better. Avant is much better at blocking pop ups than IE.

[dighton]

Blake? That's a first name for someone?

Yes and no: Blake Edwards, born William Blake McEdwards.

[PJ-Comix]

Reading threads from many freepers I see a trend where they are switching to Firefox.

I switched to Firefox a few weeks ago on the advice of several Freepers. Smartest Web move I've ever done. I LOVE Firefox.

[Redcloak]

Blake? That's a first name for someone?

It was 17 years ago.

But I digress...

Just last Friday I spent the evening cleaning spyware and other junk out of a friend's computer. (Internet Exploder was lifting its skirt for anyone and anything on the Internet.) Once I was done, I installed Firefox and threatened bodily harm if they use the 'net slut again.

[RightWhale]

MSFT has provided a fairly complete offering for ordinary offices. A browser is only one of the many components.

[nickcarraway]

ping

[Constitutional Patriot]

I just downloaded it (free) and installed it (2 minutes) and it seems to work great!

CP