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Actually, they would, since doing so would cause their finances to implode. Defaulting to Google is how they keep the lights on. http://www.infoworld.com/t/ope
by alexqgb 12y ago
Actually, they would, since doing so would cause their finances to implode. Defaulting to Google is how they keep the lights on.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/open-source-software/who-still-pays-mozillas-bills-google-mainly-231596 http://www.infoworld.com/t/open-source-software/who-still-pa...
- kibwen 12y agoAnd the risk of Mozilla switching to Bing by default is the reason that Google is so eager to pony up that $300 million every year. Thanks to Microsoft, Mozilla is the one with leverage in this relationship.
- cpeterso 12y agoMicrosoft is probably eager to pay more than Google to be Firefox's default search engine. I believe Microsoft and Yahoo already pay Mozilla to be included as non-default search engines. So even if Google fans switched from default Bing to secondary Google, Mozilla would probably still make money from Google.