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Blake Ross is what you might call a tech prodigy. By 14, he was coding for Netscape as an intern. Now, the 21 year old is traveling around the country to spread the word about the latest version of his co-creation, the Firefox Web browser. Ross doesn’t shy away from speaking his mind and always has something insightful to say. What follows is a selection of Ross’ comments from an e-mail interview for InformationWeek’s cover story this week:

- Asked how the Firefox crew intends to respond to a revamped Internet Explorer: "It’s a fair question, but in my opinion one that is rooted in notions of traditional companies and the competitions between them. Mozilla is not a traditional company. It is a nonprofit organization. There’s no IPO or acquisition at the end of the rainbow, and no shareholders to impress. We have the incredible privilege of being able to spend our every waking moment thinking about how to serve users better. Analysts spend more time worrying about IE7 than we do; they’re in the business of predicting winners, and they can’t do that if one side isn’t even fighting. Focusing obsessively on the user has never led us astray, and we’re certainly not going to change our priorities simply because Microsoft has reentered the game." Firefox Co-Creator On The Browser’s Future, And More - News by InformationWeek