Seattle Times reporter Todd Bishop’s recent conversation with Firefox project co-founder Blake Ross demonstrates Ross possesses a level of maturity well beyond his 21 years. His comments on the future of Firefox, thoughts on Internet Explorer 7, and startup aspirations are fascinating, and well-worth the read.

This interview, coupled with my own experiences using the IE 7 beta over the past few months, has left me wondering what MSFT has really gained as a result of winning the browser wars of the 90’s. It seems to me the answer is really nothing at all, and in fact one could argue its decision to enter the browser market at all was a huge mistake.