Mozilla in Asia

Last week about 50 of the Mozilla Korea community members got together last week to share their thoughts on what Firefox means to them over dinner. Channy Yun, who is the lead localizer for Firefox in Korea and also works tirelessly to support the Mozilla community in Korea organized the dinner and shared with me some photos. Channy said,

“attendees introduced themselves with a ‘For me Firefox is [ ].’ panel. Each person explained the relationship between Firefox and oneself. And we had a late dinner together. I explained how to join the Mozilla community activities and Mozilla’s open web mission.”

There were some wonderful thoughts associated with Firefox for these Korean community members. For these Korean Mozilla community members Firefox has multiple meanings for them including, “a means of livelihood“, a “dream“, represents “Freedom“, represents “Opportunity“, or “vision“, or is as important as “Oxygen“, or represents a “challenge“, or represents “Standards“, or is “a lone wolf“, or is a “teacher“, or is the “beginning“, or even “Pride.” For some, Firefox was for them even a “pet“, a “girlfriend“, or even “Neo of the Matrix.” (Does that make Microsoft the Matrix? )

Thanks to Channy for his tireless efforts to make Firefox the best browser for Korean users and thanks to the Korean Mozilla Community for sharing your thoughts on what makes Firefox important for you. The browser market is quite challenging in Korea for historical and technical issues, but it’s clear that the Mozilla community is active and engaged.

KoMoCo Annual Party 2007 [Flickr.com]

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