Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Issue Is Chrome disaster for Firefox?

Google provides about 85% of the proceeds of Mozilla, creator of the browser Firefox. Despite the agreement, under which the company Google pays Mozilla for the right to run in a browser our search service, the day before it was extended until 2011, long-term future of Firefox is under the greatest threat.

John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla, not inclined to dramatize the situation. "This is another browser that enhances competition. Of course, we will have to compete with him ", - said in an interview Gigaom.com Lilly. "It is not surprising that they are doing browser. Google does many things that relate to his business - servers, energy. They suggest that could improve the browser, developing from the very beginning of his ", - said Lilly.

Source drew attention: the market for browsers Internet Explorer still occupies a good position, controlling, by various estimates, 50-70% of the market.

It is also worth noting: it was not clear how the future will develop the bold concept of Mozilla - for example, the draft of Aurora.

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