USATODAY.com - Firefox ignites demand for alternative browser
Strolling between classes at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Blake Ross looks like any other bleary-eyed sophomore.
Few would guess that the laptop-carrying 19-year-old is a tech prodigy leading a battle against Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser for control of the Internet.
Ross was up until 5 a.m. Tuesday watching a surge in download requests for the official release of Firefox version 1.0 — the red-hot alternative Web browser he helped create. Early demand strained the Firefox download site to near breaking.
Strolling between classes at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Blake Ross looks like any other bleary-eyed sophomore.
Few would guess that the laptop-carrying 19-year-old is a tech prodigy leading a battle against Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser for control of the Internet.
Ross was up until 5 a.m. Tuesday watching a surge in download requests for the official release of Firefox version 1.0 — the red-hot alternative Web browser he helped create. Early demand strained the Firefox download site to near breaking.