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Google & Firefox's Relationship

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-may-kiss-the-browser dept.

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."

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  1. And in other news... by furrycod · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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    Those who cannot, teach.
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  2. GoogleFox by anno1602 · · Score: 3, Funny

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

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

  3. Re:Google + Firefox by TripMaster+Monkey · · Score: 5, Funny

    What about IBM? They used to be evil.

    IBM is the Vegeta of tech companies.

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  4. Re:gBrowser on the way by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    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#
  5. Just another reason by earthforce_1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    for Microsoft to hate Google.

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  6. Google OS by Virtual+Karma · · Score: 3, Funny

    Trust me. All this is heading towards Google OS

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  7. Re:You were saying... by Mantorp · · Score: 4, Funny
    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.

  8. Re:You were saying... by Gerv · · Score: 3, Funny

    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