Microsoft browser rival Mozilla eyes China

Microsoft browser rival Mozilla eyes China

SHANGHAI – Mozilla.org, which makes Firefox, the most popular Web browser alternative to Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer, is setting up a China office to do battle in the world’s second-largest Web market.

California-based Mozilla already has a presence in China via a not-for-profit Foundation supporting open-source software projects, but the Beijing office will be its first real corporate presence, Mozilla Chief Operating Officer John Lilly said on Friday. “It’s not our goal to make sure that everyone in the world is using Firefox.My main goal is that people know there’s a choice – that going on the Internet is not just clicking the blue ‘E’,” Lilly said, referring to the Internet Explorer desktop icon.Nampa-Reuters”It’s not our goal to make sure that everyone in the world is using Firefox.My main goal is that people know there’s a choice – that going on the Internet is not just clicking the blue ‘E’,” Lilly said, referring to the Internet Explorer desktop icon.Nampa-Reuters

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