FIREFOX PREVIEW RELEASE AND THUNDERBIRD 0.8 RELEASED

Mozilla Foundation Adds New Features to Firefox and Thunderbird as New Apps Near 1.0 Launch

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - September 14, 2004 - The Mozilla Foundation today released a Preview Release of its new Mozilla Firefox web browser and version 0.8 of the Mozilla Thunderbird email client. Mozilla Firefox Preview Release is an innovative, secure, lightning fast web browser that is drawing rave reviews. Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 is the Mozilla Foundation's next generation email client. These releases bring Firefox and Thunderbird one step closer to their much anticipated 1.0 releases, scheduled for later this fall.

Along with the new releases, the Mozilla Foundation today announced the launch of the Spreadfirefox.com web site, which will be the hub for the Firefox marketing effort, starting with a push to achieve one million downloads of the Firefox Preview Release over the next 10 days. The Foundation also announced the first awards in its new Security Bug Bounty Program, which has already resulted in a number of security improvements to Mozilla software.

"We are delighted to announce these milestones for Firefox and Thunderbird," commented Mitchell Baker, President of the Mozilla Foundation. "These new releases, along with the launch of the Spreadfirefox.com web site and the success of our Security Bug Bounty Program, demonstrate the power of open source to harness the creative energies of volunteer contributors from around the world."

New features in the Firefox Preview Release include:

New Features in Thunderbird 0.8 include:

The Mozilla Foundation also released an update to the Mozilla 1.7 suite, which includes the security enhancements available in the latest versions of Firefox and Thunderbird.

The Mozilla Foundation is riding a wave of user and industry support. Mozilla Firefox 0.9 was downloaded almost 5 million times over the last two months. In August, Firefox received the Best In Show award at LinuxWorld. In its September issue, Wired Magazine declared Firefox officially "Wired" (and labeled Internet Explorer as "Expired"), while, last week, both the Wall Street Journal and USA Today encouraged security-conscious users to try out Firefox.

GETTING FIREFOX PREVIEW RELEASE AND THUNDERBIRD 0.8

Firefox Preview Release, Thunderbird 0.8, and Mozilla 1.7.3 can be downloaded for free at www.mozilla.org. Users can also purchase a CD edition from the Mozilla Foundation's web site.

Mozilla applications run on a wide range of operating systems, including Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, and are translated into dozens of languages. The source code and documentation for all Mozilla applications is freely available under the open source Mozilla Public License.

SUPPORTING MOZILLA

Individuals and companies from around the world support the Mozilla Foundation through voluntary contributions of time, money and resources. To discover how you or your company can help spread the word about Mozilla Firefox, please visit http://www.spreadfirefox.com.

ABOUT THE MOZILLA FOUNDATION

Established in July 2003 with start-up support from America Online's Netscape division, the Mozilla Foundation exists to provide organizational, legal, and financial support for the Mozilla open source software project. The Foundation is based in Mountain View, California and has affiliate Foundations in Europe and Japan. The Mozilla Foundation is a 501 (C) non-profit organization. Mozilla, Firefox, Thunderbird and their respective logos are trademarks of the Mozilla Foundation.

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