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Mozilla Raking in Millions?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the i'm-a-twentyonaire dept.

truthsearch writes "Internetnews.com wonders about the money Firefox is making in revenue thanks to Google. From the article: 'Mozilla gets paid a publicly undisclosed amount for each Google search query made from Firefox by a user.' This revenue is used to pay the recently formed Mozilla Corporation's 40 full-time equivalent employees and fund project and infrastructure development."

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  1. Re:So what? by plbland · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm sorry but it is exactly the same as the Skype deal in the sense that Company A (FF & Skype) is taking money to Work with Company B's product (Google, Intel) just a little bit better than Company C's products (MSN/Yahoo, AMD). Forget about limiting factors, it's irrelevant.

  2. If You Work For Free, You Are an Idiot by quakeaddict · · Score: -1, Troll

    Open source is a pyramid scheme.

    If you slog away for free working on Firefox....you are an idiot.

    You deserve to get compensation for your time and effort.

    All you dreamy eyed college kids working for the 'community'....you are being had. When your college loans come due you will know what I mean.

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    I'm still working on a clever footer.
  3. Re:Who else is contributing? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Funny. I installed the Wikipedia search engine into Firefox a while ago. I've since upgraded (thanks to the fact that Firefox is full of more holes than IE) it to the latest version.

    Surprise, surprise, my Wikipedia search engine vanished.

    Yeah, they're only two clicks away, as long as you NEVER upgrade your browser to solve the latest Gaping Firefox Security Flaw (tm).