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When version 1.0 of Firefox was released in November 2004, it caused a sensation as a seemingly more secure and more feature-rich option to Microsoft's ubiquitous Internet Explorer (IE) which for years had held a market share north of 90 percent and which Microsoft had barely bothered to improve.
Since Firefox 1.0 was released, it has achieved what no other browser had accomplished in years: attain a significant market share at IE's expense. Firefox now holds a market share of between 7 percent and 9 percent, according to various market research estimates.
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