Sep 5, 2008 17:11
A new high-tech soap opera kicked off this week in Silicon Valley as Google, long a supporter of the Mozilla Foundation and its open-source browser Firefox, jumped into Mozilla's turf with its own browser, Chrome. Will the sexy new Chrome catch the eye of those early adopters who helped Firefox get started and eventually grab nearly 20 percent of the browser market once dominated by Microsoft's Internet Explorer Or will Firefox remain the browser of choice for those who don't like Explorer, and keep its reputation among techies as what Mozilla CEO John Lilly called "the best browser that's ever been built" Probably a little of both, say experts and representatives of the two Mountain View companies.