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John Doerr Disclaims Rumored GBrowser

Posted by timothy on from the no-recollection-of-that-no-sir dept.

iseff writes "Contrary to the rumors which have been circulating, John Doerr (VC and early investor in Google) told the Web 2.0 conference that although he believes in another browser war, Google won't be a part of it. Then again, he did say he didn't know everything that goes on at Google, even though he's on the board. Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?"

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  1. I'm not convinced by rafikki · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If you look at all the new programs they've been putting out lately, the deskbar, the toolbar, the new Gmail Notifier etc. and realize that all that stuff could be very usefully integrated into a web browser... not to mention some of the stuff floating around in their Labs section. I suspect that's not the last word we'll here on a new browser.

  2. Options by Kralizec · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Now it makes you wonder why Google registered gbrowser.com?

    Because every business likes to keep its options open?

  3. Browser War by pete-classic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they believe in the browser war, why do they only support IE?

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I belive that the tool bar and the gmail notifier are Windows/IE only.

    -Peter

  4. Cheaper than a trademark lawsuit... by drmike0099 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Registering and keeping your own names out of everyone else's hands is a much simpler and cheaper way to do it, rather than getting into nasty, expensive lawsuits later on over who gbrowser.com is owned by. How much did the Lindows lawsuit cost MS, both in terms of $$ and public good will?