Google's Shadow Over Firefox 385
eldavojohn writes "The Mozilla Foundation's chief executive now earns roughly half a million in pay and benefits. With $70 million in assets, the Foundation gave out less than $300,000 in grants to open source projects in 2006. And in 2006 85% of their $66 million in revenue came from Google. When these figures first came to light, people worried whether Firefox was becoming a pawn in Google's cold war with Microsoft. The Foundation addressed these fears and largely laid them to rest; but now the worry is that, even though it's clear that the community's code is what makes Firefox successful, Mozilla may be becoming dangerously reliant on Google's cash."
Re:Damn you, FF... (Score:4, Funny)
Only thing preventing this deal would be if, say, Microsoft developed its own BROWSER CALLED INTERNET EXPLORER!
Re:NO messing with firefox will be tolerated (Score:5, Funny)
Re:NO messing with firefox will be tolerated (Score:3, Funny)
My wife for hire!
Re:NO messing with firefox will be tolerated (Score:2, Funny)
You're right. I first saw the "my wife for hire" interpretation on slashdot, and it made me laugh so much I can't help but replace it whenever I hear or think of it.
Kind of like how I can't hear Smells Like Teen Spirit without thinking "Now I'm mumblin', and I'm screamin', and I don't know what I'm singin'".
Re:Opera allows those ugly Flash ads. (Score:1, Funny)