What Steve Vamos said could be the dumbest thing I've heard in a while.

Until FireFox starts coming standard on new pc's, you aren't going to see any rise to dominance. It has done very well with the hardcore internet users and developers, but the key to the market is the casual and average user. Firefox isn't hitting those because those people are too lazy to download an alternative. My parents are perfect examples. They don't even know WTF Firefox is.

I will add that even when they can get some OEM's to include Firefox on new pcs.... it will then take quite awhile for that to make a major impact on the statistics.

Carl - what the Microsoft leaders are doing is denying that Firefox is even a threat. The last time they did that, it took them 3 years and Billions to catch up on the Internet. Yes they won, but why wait? Act now. It's like they haven't read "The Innovator's Dilemma".

I would disagree with " Until FireFox starts coming standard on new pc's, you aren't going to see any rise to dominance." I have had three people this month see FireFox and what it can do ask me to set it up on their computer.

Darrell - I never said Microsoft wasn't stupid for claiming Firefox isn't a threat. They are. However, that doesn't mean Firefox is going to rise up and dominate the browser market in a few short months... or even a year or 2.

Dru - Thats funny. I know plenty of people.. family and friends alike that don't even know WTF Firefox is. All are regular internet users. But to them, IE works and it is on their machine right now. They don't pay attention to the latest security threats, etc. Why do you think so many worms get spread? Because of people like them... and they are the majority, not the minority. Hell, I work in the internet industry and I know plenty of coworkers who don't even use Firefox as sad as that sounds.

Don't take this as a slight on Firefox, it is my browser as choice. But i'm not going to fool myself into believing that Mozilla is going to dominate the browser market anytime soon.

Carl - it may take time, but Firefox is building a groundswell of support much more quickly than I've seen. I think it'll be an interesting time. :)