An alpha version of Firefox 2.0 should be released as a public beta next month. Although part of the long standing roadmap for the open source browser, the timetable was confirmed by the publication of the minutes of the Mozilla.org staff meeting held earlier this month.
source: *techblabber.com/software/firefox-20-alpha-due-next-month/
source: *techblabber.com/software/firefox-20-alpha-due-next-month/