Interview [Interview Mark Surman]

I ENTER a modern office reception at the heart of the fashionable theatre district in London´s West End. The third floor houses offices of Mozilla Foundation, Mozilla Spaces. My eyes roll with typical corporate pessimism when I scoot past the reception and see a central area dominated by pool tables, pinball machines - and a large bar area serving bean-to-cup coffee, smoothies and soft drinks. But what may seem as customary kooky US West Coast office culture serves a more pragmatic purpose for the mega social enterprise that is the Mozilla Foundation. This is designed as a welcoming drop-in area for Mozilla´s thousands of voluntary developers to work and collaborate together to create free software applications that fit into the organisation´s social ethos. I´m here to interview Mozilla Foundation´s executive director, Mark Surman, on the eve of the Mozilla Festival at London´s O2.