Some people here at HN might be young people who are just getting interested in tech and internet stuff. The one you replied to might be a super bright young pe

Some people here at HN might be young people who are just getting interested in tech and internet stuff. The one you replied to might be a super bright young person, who just doesn't recognize all company names, just yet. ... Hmm, but when s/he says "this is year 2017" then it seems to me as if s/he has been around for a while, and likely would haven seen "Mozilla" before. :- ) B.t.w., Steve (the grandparent poster): Mozilla makes a super famous browser named Firefox. That's maybe the main reason "everyone" knows who they are.