| Sumario: | The article focuses on Mitchell Baker, trapeze artist and leader of an open-source web browser, who is on a mission to keep the internet free. Firefox seemingly came out of nowhere in November 2004, and has since captured a market share of eight to 10% worldwide almost entirely through word-of-mouth marketing. The rest of the market still belongs mostly to Microsoft. Still, Firefox's advances have already had their intended effect: to present web surfers with a viable alternative to the monopoly, and thus to restart much-need innovation in browser technology. The closer one looks, the more Firefox appears to be a cooler, hipper, and safer incarnation of Netscape. Baker gradually found herself the leader of this project. Perhaps this is because she is a somewhat unusual member of the Netscape diaspora. Baker considers it a success that Firefox has already spurred Microsoft to invest again in browser innovation.
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