The Mozilla Project A Global Effort

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The Mozilla ProjectA Global Effort

• Mitchell Baker
• President, Mozilla Foundation
• March 2, 2005

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State of the Mozilla Project

• Successful launch of Firefox and Thunderbird, end
  of 2004
• Both Firefox and Thunderbird are now available in
  over 30 different languages
• 20 of the 28 million downloads of Firefox are
  local versions
• Over 4 million downloads of Thunderbird
• Participation and interest in the Mozilla project
  is stronger than ever

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Mozilla Foundation and the Project

• Mozilla Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)3
  organization created in July 2003
• The mission is to preserve choice and innovation
  on the Net by creating standards-based, open
  source products and technologies
• Stewards of the Mozilla Project, we provide the
  infrastructure to manage the product
• Deliver end-user products

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A Global Effort

• Key contributions from the worlds best
• Results of our efforts are felt around the world
• Three affiliates Mozilla Europe, Mozilla Japan,
  and now Mozilla China

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Mozilla China

• Mozilla China launch is March 4, 2005
• Hosted by the Institute of Software of Chinese
  Academy of Science
• Co-founding sponsor is Sun (China) Engineering
  and Research Institute
• Mission is to provide a central point of contact
  and community for those who are interested in
  using or improving Mozilla Technology in China

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Navigating the Project

• Its a BIG project, easy to get lost
• http//www.mozilla.org/projects/
• Mozilla Platform, Firefox and Thunderbird
  products, Security, Localization, Accessibility,
  Bugzilla, Tools
• Example Bugzilla, the answer for everything, if
  you can find it

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Mozilla by the Numbers

• Engineers - 18 at the Foundation others full
  time from Sun, Oracle, IBM, Redhat, Novell,
  Google, and others still more contributing
  patches
• Localizers - products translated into over 100
  languages
• Testers - 10,000 pre-alpha testers file 70 to
  100 bugs a day, more than 100,000 beta testers
• Advocates - over 70,000 advocates of our
  products through Spreadfirefox.com project
• Extension developers - over 200 extensions for
  Firefox

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The Mozilla Recipe

• Open source development model
• Great products that matter
• Web browsers and email clients matter
• Cross platform, multiple language support,
  extensible, easy to use and migrate to
• Involves many communities including design and
  marketing
• Products are complete
• Includes cd, guidebook, support documentation,
  marketing support, and t-shirts
• Relentless focus on the end user

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Mozilla Firefox Web Browser

• 28 million downloads in a little over 100 days
• About 7-10 market share world-wide, with some
  top sites reporting greater than 15
• Key Features
• Streamlined user interface and functions
• Tabbed browsing and popup blocking
• Live bookmarks, RSS feeds
• Integrated search
• Web developers are excited

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The Road Ahead

• Move the web forward better web sites and
  applications based on modern browsers and
  standards
• Continued innovation with the Mozilla Platform,
  Firefox and Thunderbird products, and more
  products
• Focus on global efforts, improving coordination
  and communication

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Participating in the Mozilla Project

• Many ways to participate and with real results
• Marketing Community Spread the word,
  http//spreadfirefox.com
• Testing community download builds, provide
  feedback, file bugs
• Web development code to standards, push the
  limits
• Localization localize and translate the browser
• Extension development easy way to start
  developing
• Application and platform development
• A truly rewarding project