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Mozilla Contemplates a Future Without Google
An anonymous reader points out a story at Business Week which begins:
"Mozilla Chair Mitchell Baker says the Chrome browser is making the foundation behind Firefox rethink its reliance on revenues from Google. Since Google introduced its own Web browser, Chrome, the prospect that Google may not re-up the three-year contract set to expire in 2011 has Mozilla considering other search partnerships and ways to generate revenue, Baker said. 'There are probably other search engines that would pay us more money,' Baker says. Yahoo! and Microsoft's MSN, Google's two main search rivals, come to mind, but Baker says smaller search engines wouldn't be discounted should such a situation arise. One player Baker won't identify 'offered a blank check to replace Google,' she says. Set to launch on certain Nokia phones in late spring, Fennec is the first Mozilla browser optimized for mobile platforms. If it gains traction with enough handset makers and mobile users, Fennec could represent another way to draw revenue from a partnering search engine."
why is it that the slashdot hordes makes excuses when google does the same thing microsoft did as it clawed its way to power by betraying its business partners?
please note: its not 2002. google is not a darling upstart anymore. it has done, and is doing, and will do, plenty of shady things. luckily they have kneejerk sycophants like you to explain away their sleaze as perfectly acceptable. the same sleazy moves you would pillory microsoft for
i can't believe this tripe i am responding to is currently marked +5 insightful
from people who pride themselves on being immune to prejudice and propaganda, comes a mental turd sandwich of both
all aping the trendy status quo: "google gooood! microsoft baaaad!"
mindless sheep
intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it
Opera can present people with a choice all they want.
AOL did it.
The bullshit in the EU is all about fining MS repeatedly just because they can.