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I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

by state 12y ago

LawoftheHarvest 12y ago
I was thinking the same thing today. I agree.
- state 12y ago
  It's tough to read that post and not think 'how do these people make money?' Not as though there's some reason why they shouldn't — it's just not clear how it works.
meritt 12y ago
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/faq/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/f... > How does Mozilla generate revenue? > The majority of Mozilla’s revenue is generated from search and commerce functionality included in our Firefox product through all major search partners including Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Amazon, eBay and others. Mozilla’s reported revenues also include very important individual and corporate donations and grants, as well as other forms of income from our investable assets.
phaemon 12y ago
Try: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/documents/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/documents/ It has their financial statements.
eamsen 12y ago
The Mozilla Foundation publishes an annual report[1] on that, which includes statements on its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/
- k__ 12y ago
  Seems like Mozilla is more of an investment company than a software corp.
Thiz 12y ago
I believe Mozilla should start an advertising network and offer cloud services like webmail, docs, blogs, photos, etc so people create an everlasting bond with their properties while maintaining the open web motto they are already known and praised for. An extra couple billion dollars a year wouldn't hurt either.
- techonup 12y ago
  And, you know, buy a video service and make some glasses too. All in the name of not doing evil, right?
  - ironsides 12y ago
    Dont forget maps, reviews, and a social network.
    - alexqgb 12y ago
      Also, cars.
      - aragot 12y ago
        And drop the services we like a lot.
- esfandia 12y ago
  Just a nice customizable home page would be great, something like My Yahoo or the defunct iGoogle but better. Provide nice calendar and weather widgets and a good API to develop more and you're good to go. Insert ads in the widgets at will. There's not much in the way of competition either.
ironsides 12y ago
Valid. Its nice to know where the money flows from. At the same time, I could care less how they make the money and more about 'this is how Mozilla disrupts'. That, if we get down to it, is what they were originally set out to do.

I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

by state 12y ago

I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

LawoftheHarvest 12y ago

I was thinking the same thing today. I agree.

state 12y ago
It's tough to read that post and not think 'how do these people make money?' Not as though there's some reason why they shouldn't — it's just not clear how it works.

meritt 12y ago

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/faq/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/f... > How does Mozilla generate revenue? > The majority of Mozilla’s revenue is generated from search and commerce functionality included in our Firefox product through all major search partners including Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Amazon, eBay and others. Mozilla’s reported revenues also include very important individual and corporate donations and grants, as well as other forms of income from our investable assets.

phaemon 12y ago

Try: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/documents/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/documents/ It has their financial statements.

eamsen 12y ago

The Mozilla Foundation publishes an annual report[1] on that, which includes statements on its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/

k__ 12y ago
Seems like Mozilla is more of an investment company than a software corp.

Thiz 12y ago

I believe Mozilla should start an advertising network and offer cloud services like webmail, docs, blogs, photos, etc so people create an everlasting bond with their properties while maintaining the open web motto they are already known and praised for. An extra couple billion dollars a year wouldn't hurt either.

techonup 12y ago
And, you know, buy a video service and make some glasses too. All in the name of not doing evil, right?
- ironsides 12y ago
  Dont forget maps, reviews, and a social network.
  - alexqgb 12y ago
    Also, cars.
    - aragot 12y ago
      And drop the services we like a lot.
esfandia 12y ago
Just a nice customizable home page would be great, something like My Yahoo or the defunct iGoogle but better. Provide nice calendar and weather widgets and a good API to develop more and you're good to go. Insert ads in the widgets at will. There's not much in the way of competition either.

ironsides 12y ago

Valid. Its nice to know where the money flows from. At the same time, I could care less how they make the money and more about 'this is how Mozilla disrupts'. That, if we get down to it, is what they were originally set out to do.