Mozilla takes on Microsoft.Net

Mozilla.org, founded by Netscape to develop its browser in an open-source environment, has long touted its technology as a potential foundation for building applications such as word processors or spreadsheets for the Web--an area Microsoft and others covet. Now these open-source efforts are getting a boost from a new CollabNet-backed site called MozDev.org. Mozilla's most ambitious members hope that the open-source projects under way at MozDev.org will act as a thorn in the side of the software giants' plans. Full story. --Paul Festa, Special to ZDNet News