No matter how hard we might wish to deny it, the fact of the matter is that Mozilla’s relationship with Google is in big trouble. And while this might not mean the end of a browser, it will eventually mean that a new browser war is going to be starting soon.
Despite the instance that Google’s own browser should not really pose much of a threat to Mozilla, the fact of the matter is that it does put the browser company (sorry, I consider it a company these days) in a bit of a situation. Personally, I see the biggest mistake that Mozilla made was in putting so much of its revenue stream into Google hands. Easy, workable — sure. But one must ask how smart this is today?
After giving this much thought, I have come to only one conclusion: so long as Firefox is able to make a buck off of Google’s ad offerings, Mozilla really has nothing to lose in the short term. This being said, however, I would suggest that the browser group begin looking to other sources of financing as, clearly, Google could change its tune suddenly, leaving Mozilla little choice in the matter.
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