Mozilla Firefox, the open-source challenger to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, passed the 1-billion download mark on July 31, with a Website and Twitter feed marking the occasion. Although Firefox has managed to seize an increasing percentage of the consumer market since its original rollout in 2002, its gains have been somewhat slower in the enterprise, where a variety of factors have kept Internet Explorer as the browser of choice for many IT administrators.
– Mozilla’s Firefox browser hit 1 billion downloads on July 31, with
the open-source foundation using the occasion to trumpet itself as a
viable alternative to Microsofts Internet Explorer.

On Aug. 3, Mozilla plans to launch a Website
to mark the achievement; details of the site content are und…