The Marshall: Mitchell Baker

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The Marshall: Mitchell Baker

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When Baker, the "Lizard Wrangler" at the Mozilla Foundation, launched the Firefox browser four years ago, Microsoft's Internet Explorer was in her sights. Baker's overarching goal was to keep the Web open. Now, Firefox's market share has risen to nearly 20% while IE's has slipped from 95% to 72%, and most Web sites treat all browsers equally. These days, Mozilla is faced with a threat of its own: Google's Chrome browser, which launched Sept. 1. Baker says the new browser on the block "forces us to do our best." Mozilla's latest foray is into mobile browsing.