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"The lesson here is that open source can create a slick consumer-friendly product. Firefox is definitely more than just a blip. It has some staying power."
-- Kevin Werbach
Legal studies professor, Wharton

From: http://news.com.com/Can+Firefox+outfox+IE+in+browser+wars/2030-1069_3-5616002.html

3/6/2006

How Much Money Did Firefox Make From Google in 2005?

How Much Money Did Firefox Make From Google in 2005? There’s some interesting speculations and idle gossip swirling around the Web today about how much money Firefox made from Google last year. Jason Calacanis gave his input:

“Mozilla Corporation makes all that money because of the Google Search box on the top right. If you search with that box (which I do all day long) and you click on the Google ads on the results page Firefox gets ~80% of that. They also have Amazon in the search box, and other services that I’m sure kick them back some affiliate fees. Brilliant.”

And Jeremy Zawodny also weighed in, posing this intriguing question: “Makes you wonder how much Microsoft income is derived from Search in Internet Explorer, doesn’t it?”


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Live bookmarks are a first step. We know we are not done with bookmarks. There is a lot of content on the Web that is changing. How do we help people see what is changing that interests them without them having to go visit 40 or 50 sites or open 40 or 50 windows? The Web is just overwhelming in what's out there. And often the technical community wants to create more and more complex things. Our job is to provide just a taste so that people are not overwhelmed and so that they can see what can be done out there.

From: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/060306/6mozilla_2.htm

n evangelism component, and we try to explain and be helpful. But if they built their site based on [controversial and potentially insecure Microsoft programs such as] ActiveX, they are stuck, since we won't support that because of the security problems. Financial institutions in particular have very long certification processes with browsers. We do get more and more mail from sites that are making the effort to support Firefox, though.

From: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/060306/6mozilla_2.htm

Baker: I think consumers is the wrong word. What people do with the Web is not just consume: They create, they participate, they do things, they blog. . . . Our corporate structure gives us a chance to think about what benefits you when you use the Web. How do we create a center for citizens on the Web? Investment and commercial entities building the Web are critical. But you need at least one thing that isn't devoted to exactly how much return on investment can we get and is focused on what do human beings need to participate effectively to work together in this ne

From: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/060306/6mozilla_2.htm

Mitchell Baker has long been on the front lines of the Internet wars. As a lawyer at Netscape, she watched Microsoft steal market share (illegally, a federal court ruled) from the first software program that gave people easy access to the Internet. Since 1998, she's been at the forefront of the Mozilla project, which started out as a volunteer effort to build a better browser. (Mozilla was a nickname for the Mosaic Killer project started by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen to replace his first browser program.)

Since its formal launch in 2004, Mozilla's free Firefox browser has won plaudits from industry and academic experts, who say it is safer and more user friendly than Microsoft's Internet Explorer. IE has suffered from vulnerabilities to home-page hijackers, pop-up advertisers, and hacker programs that collect personal information from home PCs or turn home computers into "zombies" that obey hackers' commands. The endorsements and security improvements have helped Firefox eat into Microsoft's near monopoly. Industry analyst WebSideStory says 9 percent of all American Web surfers are now using Firefox, and IE's market share has fallen from a 2003 high of 96 percent to 87 percent today.

 

from USNews.com march 6 


USNews.com: Money: Firefox: On the front lines of the Internet wars

USNews.com: Money: Firefox: On the front lines of the Internet wars

From: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/biztech/articles/060306/6mozilla.htm




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