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> Maybe Chrome can compete with itself by swapping out the rendering and Javascript vms. Not that I have any insider information but from the complaints I've r
by mcny 8y ago
> Maybe Chrome can compete with itself by swapping out the rendering and Javascript vms.
Not that I have any insider information but from the complaints I've read about how the committees that handle promotion requests at Google, I'd be surprised if there aren't Google engineers already trying their hand at this.
What I'd like to know is how much does Chrome cost Google? I've read that Mozilla spends just under half a billion dollars a year so I'd expect Google likely spends at least a billion a year on Google Chrome (and associated tasks). Not sure how we'd come up with a number though because I wouldn't know how to put a price tag on things like webp, webm, depot tools, or the Google infrastructure that Google Chrome team gets to use (presumably for free).
- bayesian_horse 8y agoThe Mozilla Foundation is doing a whole lot of stuff besides developing Firefox, whereas not all development for Firefox is paid for by Mozilla.
- Yoric 8y agoI remember estimates (so, take them with a laaaaarge pinch of salt) on ads promoting Chrome, which were expected to be ~4x the total budget of Mozilla. I would be surprised if (without counting ads), the Chrome paid devs were not at least 3x the number of Firefox paid devs.
- mcny 8y ago> without counting ads Oh, good point. I didn't think of that. I think the fact that Google promotes Chrome on Google Search and so on is worth more than the ads I see all over the web as well.