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They've been sponsoring them for years, they also still sponsor OpenStreetMaps which is a competitor used by bing and apple https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/

• brudgers 12y ago
  Better mapping data from OpenStreetMaps can facilitate better data in Google Maps. Maps are still in the data collection phase.The long play is self-driving cars not an app in the app store. It's hard to see a business case for Google that includes supporting Mozilla. That Google has done it in the past may be more symptomatic of big dumb inertia than anything else.
  • vertex-four 12y ago
    GSoC isn't something which is done because of an immediate "business case", aside from some long-term industry health stuff that benefits Google (and everyone else in the industry).