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Chrome Complicates Mozilla/Google Love-In

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the also-water-is-wet dept.

Barence writes "Mozilla CEO John Lilly has admitted the Firefox maker's relationship with Google has become 'more complicated' since the company launched its own browser. Mozilla is dependent on Google for the vast majority of its revenue and has previously worked closely with the search king's engineers on the development of Firefox. But that relationship appears to have cooled since Google released Chrome in the summer. 'We have a fine and reasonable relationship, but I'd be lying if I said that things weren't more complicated than they used to be.'"

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  1. Relationships are hard. by fullymodo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe Google thought they were "on a break"...

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  2. I don't want to break up.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    All I'm saying is, we should start seeing other people. Just to make sure things between us are right.

  3. It's like you work at an ice cream store by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Things are going pretty good. You're scooping some flavors, having some fun, and earning some money. The boss is pretty cool, but one day he brings in his son and tells you he's going to start working there, too. At first you're training the kid, showing him the ropes, and things are going pretty well. But then, before you know it, he's the assistant manager and you're still just a scoop jockey. Yup, that's life.

    1. Re:It's like you work at an ice cream store by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Or if he brings in his daughter, you marry her.

    2. Re:It's like you work at an ice cream store by Thanshin · · Score: 3, Funny

      There's something disturbing in your analogy.

      For instance, where's the car?

  4. Re:Ideally... by not+already+in+use · · Score: 5, Funny

    privacy modes*

    * I've found this to be an excellent way to use an admin login on a site where I also have regular user credentials.

    Well played, sir. Well played.

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  5. Re:fine and reasonable? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's what a red-headed step-child says, when his mom and Gary decide to have a child together. Firefox: prepare your ass for a serious beating! And don't go crying to your real daddy, Marc Andreessen. He doesn't want anything to do with you, either.

    Wow, that's a lot of emotion over a browser. Do you need a hug? We can talk, it'll be OK.

  6. Re:Use of resources by BlueParrot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft won't make the same mistake twice

    Yea, that would be totally unlike Microsoft.

  7. Re:Competition by Aetuneo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, that may be true, but here are some numbers with little or no basis in reality which represent a few moments of random speculation:

    Internet Explorer $RANDOM% Mozilla Firefox $RANDOM% Safari $RANDOM% Opera $RANDOM% Netscape $RANDOM% Google Chrome $RANDOM% Other $RANDOM%

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