Google & Firefox's Relationship

sebFlyte writes "More news from FOSDEM, this time about the depth of support for Firefox from Google. According to this article on ZDNet, Firefox' growth and Mozilla's staffing costs have been underpinned by the Foundation's tie-ins with Google, but they promise not to go the same way as Netscape by selling 'every bookmark and link'... and don't forget that the lead programmer (among others) is directly in Google's employ."

And in other news...

[furrycod]

MSN Search actually funds Internet Explorer. With MSN Search getting over 30 hits / day, the ad revenue is more than enough to sustain active development, including the revolutionary "tabbed browsing" internet surfers everywhere are pining to try out.

GoogleFox

[anno1602]

[...] saidMarkham "[...]Google was the default browser for Firefox before we even signed the deal."

Google default browser for Firefox? Freudian slip, I say...

From the article:

[random_rabbit]

"Google was the default browser for Firefox before we even signed the deal." - because in Soviet Russia, search engine browses BROWSER.

Re:Google + Firefox

[TripMaster Monkey]

What about IBM? They used to be evil.

IBM is the Vegeta of tech companies.

Re:gBrowser on the way

[Anonymous Coward]

gbash-3.1# rm -ed foo*
Did you mean `rm -rf /*`?
Results for `rm -rf /*`: 0 of 14524. Deletion took 0.12 seconds
gbash-3.1# ls
ls: command not found
gbash-3.1#

i don't get it

[tehwebguy]

what would be the problem with them getting together? they are probably the two most well natured companies serving the internet.

it would be like santa claus and the easter bunny getting together to make a SUPER HOLIDAY!!1

Just another reason

[earthforce_1]

for Microsoft to hate Google.

Google OS

[Virtual Karma]

Trust me. All this is heading towards Google OS [blogspot.com]

Re:You were saying...

[Mantorp]

I'm not saying you'll do this, but I can't think of a single, self-aware human being that hasn't done some morally or ethically reprehensible thing at one point in his or her history. Can you?

Gimme a minute while I collect some stones.

Re:Google + Firefox

[m0RpHeus]

IBM is the Vegeta of tech companies.

Then I guess SCO is Mr. Satan?

Re:Google + Firefox

[Englabenny]

As magnificent as Google is they are bound to have a very special take on being evil. Just wait til it comes.

Some time in the future, "evil like Google" will be used to scare small children.

Re:You were saying...

[Gerv]

I can't think of a single, self-aware human being that hasn't done some morally or ethically reprehensible thing at one point in his or her history. Can you?

Yes - Jesus Christ. :-) The key point is, though, that there aren't any others. He was unique.

Gerv

Re:I'd be

[XMyth]

*hurls stone*

Re:Google + Firefox

[dtfinch]

After winning the search engine wars, they will quietly start optimizing the search result rankings to promote their own political agendas. A search for Microsoft will continue to bring up only anti-microsoft results, as they do today. As people move from TV to the web, the only candidates who's ads you will see will be theirs. The Google founders will run for president and vice president, and win through simple media control. They will gather their armies, as the general population gets more and more hooked on the internet and less interested in reality, and finally take over the world in a single massive coordinated attack.

Re:gBrowser on the way

[irokitt]

slashbash-2.3/. rm -ed foo*
In Soviet Russia, OS performs `rm -rf /*` on you.
...
Netcraft confirms it, your system is dead.
slashbash-2.3/. ls
ls: nothing for you to see here, move along.
slashbash-2.3/.

Re:It's clear what Google's plans are

[Anonymous Coward]

They are going to produce a web-based browser

Indeed, creating a browser that can access the volumes of information on the web would be truly revolutionary.