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Why Google Needs Firefox

Posted by Soulskill on from the why-can't-i-quit-you dept.

MrSeb writes "Almost the entirety of Mozilla's income — 97% of $104 million — arrives in the form of royalties from the Firefox search box, and the lion's share (86%, $85 million) of those royalties are paid by the default search engine: Google. In November 2011, however, Mozilla's contract with Google will expire. Will Google renew it? A better question to ask, though, is whether Mozilla wants Google as its primary search engine."

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  1. Re:Mozilla may not want Google by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I agree with the basic premise in the article about the advantage of using MS, but only for a short term gain. the folks in Redmond would make a good short term partner but lack the basic scruples to avoid turning around and biting Firefox hard once it is to their advantage. The folks at Firefox will go down that road at their own peril. Too many people have cut deals with MS only to eventually regret it. History matters.

  2. Re:It's symbiotic by amnesia_tc · · Score: 5, Insightful

    but to simply have an independent entity that develops standards and pushes the envelope.

    You mean Opera?