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  • Mozilla matters because...
    • It is a champion for a
      • free,
      • open,
      • standards based,
      • globally enabled,
      • secure,
      • and non-propritary Internet
    • We promote and create continuing innovation and evolution of internet client software
    • We are a critical component of the Open Source Desktop
      • Linux, Mozilla and Open Office provide the platform for many distributions
    • We are part of the Open Source Development Eco-system
      • Business friendly OSI approved license (MPL)
      • Development Tools and Tool Kit used by many other projects

"....The web is becoming increasingly integrated into our lives as more and more critical financial, health and other personal information is managed through web-based transactions. Browsers are the mechanism through which individual human beings access and manage this digital data. We don't yet know what new innovations will be possible in this arena. New innovations should be judged on their own merits, on their ability to benefit human beings, and not solely by their effect on the business plans of one or even a few companies. Mozilla.org remains committed to a world-wide-web based on open standards and developed for the common benefit. We provide world-class software and technology to promote this vision." 

                                                                   -- Mitchell Baker,  President, Mozilla Foundation