Q&A: Blake Ross, Creator/Project Director, Firefox

20

Author: Chris Preimesberger

Blake Ross of Miami, Fla., is a sophomore at Stanford University and project leader of Firefox. Ross, who is the subject of this month’s Wired cover story, has worked for the past three summers at Netscape. Source: Live presentation Jan. 26 at SD Forum Open Source SIG in Palo Alto, Calif.

ITMJ:Firefox passed the 20 million-download mark earlier this week and is estimated now to own 5 to 7 percent of the world’s browser market. Why is it getting this kind of traction so quickly?