Blake Ross, the 19-year-old who created the Firefox Web browser inhis parents' house in Miami, has done something big softwarecompanies have sought to do for years: capture market share fromMicrosoft.
In the five months since Firefox was released, the program hassnared 5 percent of the market from Microsoft's Internet Explorer,according to San Diego-based research firm Websidestory. Microsofthas dominated the market since surpassing Netscape five years ago.
"I don't think I am Bill Gates' worst nightmare, but this is aserious pride issue for Microsoft," said Ross, a Stanford Universitysophomore who began work on Firefox two years ago while doing aninternship at …
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