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Microsoft wasn't interested in paying anything near that much, nor was Yahoo, that's why talks collapsed during the negotiations. Google does consider the sear
by huxley 13y ago
Microsoft wasn't interested in paying anything near that much, nor was Yahoo, that's why talks collapsed during the negotiations.
Google does consider the search engine placement valuable but it is probably also funding Mozilla as a hedge against anti-trust lawsuits.
- eigenvalue 13y agoThat's probably because it's not worth nearly as much to MS or Yahoo. I'm sure a non-trivial percentage of users would change the default search away from Bing.
- takluyver 13y agoAlso, with Yahoo's search results now coming from Bing, this does mean that the biggest potential sources of funding are all linked to companies who compete directly with Mozilla's biggest product - Google and Microsoft have their own browsers. It's certainly not an ideal position for Mozilla.
- jeffasinger 13y agoThere are other search engines that may be interested in something like this. While strange bedfellows for geopolitical reasons, I could see Yandex or Baidu doing a default search deal in order to break into the English speaking market a little more.