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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."

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  1. Re:And in other news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this should probably be modded as funny, but don't take it from me.

  2. Troll? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    New crack shipment today, eh moderators?

    ssh, bash, gnumeric and office built into a browser would be cool.

    gxmms would be great, too.

  3. Join us! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Join Anti-slash! We proudly support child porn and lame childish crap flooding. But we're only about campaigning for Slashdot integrity, honest ... just ignore the fact we don't have any integrity ourselves!

  4. Re:fosdem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    You can say that again.

    Have you experienced a european polytech dorm during a scorching hot summer? Sweaty, unbathed and pale geek guys in a small room. *shudder*

  5. Re:Google + Firefox by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oprah for President 2010!

  6. Re:You were saying... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And millions upon millions have died for or because of his name! Looks like he didn't make it clear enough that he didn't want his desciples being ass-clowns. Oh well...

    I guess that's what Jesus would call collateral damage, huh?

  7. Re:gBrowser may eventually become GoogleOS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ummm, huh? Why? Please tell me you're trolling.

  8. Re:Google + Firefox by poofyhairguy82 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Um....guys....that deserves an insightful mod. Give that post that points it deserves.