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April 15, 2005

37 Responses to “Fifty thousand Mozilla volunteers belong beside me”

  1. Andrew Grimaldi Says:

    Your amazing…

  2. Lola Says:

    His amazing what? Giant Mozilla balls???

  3. stanshan Says:

    After being featured on the cover of Wired, has their been on onslaught of Blake Ross groupies?

  4. Patricia Bolgosano Says:

    Received my copy of Wired but haven’t had a chance to read it yet…Looking forward to learning more about you. I will certainly give Foxfire a try. Live free…

  5. April Says:

    just wanted to see your picture - very cute, handsome even. the girls will soon be flocking.

  6. Greg McCoy Says:

    I am reminded of the SNL skit “sprockets.”

  7. Crystal Says:

    I know your smart enough to look out for all those money hungry women and girls…just ignore the jealous people…you have it all figured out.

  8. namontel Says:

    Firefox……an inspiration!!

  9. telurian Says:

    I picked up a copy of Wired magazine with your pic on the cover and read the Firefox article on my flight to Florida. I just recently downloaded firefox when a friend emailed me the link about a month ago.

    What I found intriguing about the article in Wired was the security issue and the stark contrast between the time it takes for MS programmers to fix an IE bug vs. the developers who team up to fix an firefox bug in a percentage of the time.

    I believe an analogy can be made regarding the critical importance of international cooperation (working in teams as opposed to the hegemony of working unilaterally) when it comes to fighting the worst ills of our present age such as drug trafficking, terrorism and the like.

    In the NY Times article last year which featured Senator John Kerry on the cover, Kerry said as much but instead amidst the Media presidential campaign hoopla his message was twisted into an incomprensible sound bite that was taken out of context. In other words, terrorism should not be fought using Cold War period tactics and a Cold War paradigm but the technology available today in the Net Age.

    Politics affects everything nomatter what denial some people indulge in. Therefore, I would love to hear what developers thing about this idea!

  10. Jonathan Dobres Says:

    You are the hottest tech guru ever. Make love to me! :-)

  11. Emily Says:

    It’s so inspiring to see people take advantage of their talents to give back to the world. Thanks for sharing your smarts with us–Firefox is awesome!

  12. Shin Says:

    Hi, I just found your website through a blog and I can’t believe you are the creater of FireFox! So young and talented! If you are ever thinking about a vacation, come to Hawaii where I live.

  13. AdamStac Says:

    Blake I love that cover - it closely matches the colors that I have chosen for my blog. I have to agree with general consensus on your age. Congrats on your sauces, and Firefox’s sauces for that matter…it’s all I’ll ever use - that’s for sure.

  14. AdamStac Says:

    sauces = success! LOL!!

  15. arbitraryaardvark Says:

    Firefox sauces. Great idea adam.
    One of many many possible lucrative spinoffs. Blake do you have an agent?

  16. MacGeneral Says:

    Some very interesting comments Mr. Ross. Perhaps less a commentary on the nature of technology, web browsing, or UberGeeking, and more of a statement of the current nature of personkind.

  17. August Says:

    So much for NADA… another Bill Gates in the making!! Just wait 20 years, and we all shall PAY him instead. The only way Netscape lost the war, is because they charged too much, GREED! FAME! & ADULATION! I particulary don’t like MS, but it is free and widely used all around, and it is a challenge to use, the spice of life. Good luck and break a leg!

  18. patmanwb Says:

    I’ve been watching Mozilla for a long time. I work at a media company and had the pleasure of meeting members of the Mozilla Evangelist group. I have to say that in my years of developing web applications and software I never thought I would see a browser impact MicroSh1t as much as you have.

    I am a Firefox evangelist and I whole-heartedly preach it to all my friends, family and colleagues.

    Keep up the awesome work and good luck in your future!

    Firefox Rox!

  19. Shawn Gregg Says:

    I’m 20, but can’t imagine doing what you are doing. You are an inspiration, thanks for helping us take back the web, and good luck with everything.

  20. ncpines Says:

    The monopoly is dead!

    Hail the conquering hero!

  21. Billy Karabelas Says:

    Thanks for breaking the MS chains that have had me shackled for the past five years…

  22. second2none Says:

    You’re really great. Hopefully, I’ll be able to make IE dominate Firefox soon.

  23. -Lucas Says:

    You are the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
    Best of luck!

  24. Lisa Says:

    My desktop is that picture :D

  25. -Lucas Says:

    And so is born the ‘Cult of Blake.’ ;)

  26. Chuck D Says:

    As the iT coordinator of a high school specialty program outside of washington DC I am sooo glad to see and pass to my 550 iT students that there is hope agaisnt the giants like Microsoft. Your browser is super! You are fast becoming a national treasure.

  27. Carrie Says:

    Just started FF this weekend. I can just breathe easier now. Thanks so much for you and your team’s hard work.

  28. Brent Dax Says:

    Where did you get a palantir?

  29. Arno Says:

    Congratulations to your efforts on Firefox. And you well deserve to be on the cover of “Wired”. I also appreciate the opinions expressed within your blog aticles. Remember they called Marc Andreessen the “next Bill Gates” ten years ago - I am sure you will not share his fate.

  30. Alexander Says:

    whats the big deal its only a netscape behide it nothing new, for those of you out their who thinks this is amuising, this code has been stolen and recomplied, only the GUI has changed and few plugins add’ed. thats all nothing much new, the microsoft internet broswer has settings which control how you surf shame you havnt figured it out yet. firefox only good for popups,

  31. Alexander Says:

    Comment by -Lucas FIRFOX BECOMING national treasure. ?

    this is a joke hhaha

  32. Roberth Rodriguez Says:

    I agree with all those who say you are very good looking to the point of sexy. Been using Firefox on my PC and my Mac since 0.9. A hot piece of software made by a hot person; that should become the norm. Instead of sex, how about dinner and a movie first? Is that ball on eBay?

  33. Cowardly Anonymiser Says:

    Hawt and SEXY!!!

  34. Paul Vlasenko Says:

    The thumbnail is linked to the wrong photo, just though I’d let you know.

  35. Jaehyun Says:

    I believe that firefox is going to be the best browser!!
    Fighting, Blake!

  36. Jackson Peebles Says:

    Blake-
    -You’re awesome! You’re a genius! You’re one of my role models! I want to be just like you when I grow up! Okay, I’m done…

  37. Dilys Says:

    this magazine introduced me to Firefox, and now I’m truly thankful for getting to know it

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