Why Firefox's Future Lies In Google's Hands 346
Barence writes "Firefox has just turned five, and it now accounts for 25% of the global market, according to figures from Net Applications. Its success has forced rivals to raise their game, and the past two years have seen Microsoft, Apple, and Opera close the features gap significantly. Google is the default homepage when Firefox first opens, and the default search engine when users type something into the 'awesome bar.' The deal, which runs until 2011, was worth $66 million to Mozilla in 2007, accounting for 88% of the foundation's revenues that year (the last year for which it had published accounts). But now that Google is a competitor as well as a partner, is it really wise for Mozilla to be so dependent on Google?"
Lone Wolf (Score:1, Funny)
Mozilla is very dependant on others, just like Linux. There are no islands in the software industry, unless you are Microsoft, in which case you are more like a shitty continent, like Asia. But that is beside the point. I've been in hotels with those interfacse too, and saw the Opera logo.
Re:Better question (Score:1, Funny)
It's not dependent on this story alone. No, there are other stories it is dependent upon rehashing.
Re:What ? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wise or not, what choice do they really have? (Score:2, Funny)
If you want to lock down the color settings, here are the steps:
1) Before deploying, go to the configuration file.
2) Find a hot curling iron
3) Shove it up your ass
There's no fucking reason you need to lock down the color settings.
Re:Lone Wolf (Score:3, Funny)
non-pc devices.
I've noticed that too. My mobile phone is always complaining about how black people don't know their place, asking who that 'mulatto' is whenever Obama is on CNN and saying that women should be back home cooking for the husbands.
Oh well, it's an old model I guess.