Administrator DKT27 Posted November 20, 2009 Administrator Share Posted November 20, 2009 Mozilla reveals 2008 revenue: $79 millionThe figure is notable for an open-source effort, but the growth tapered off significantly. For 2007, by comparison, the Mozilla Foundation reported $75 million in revenue, a 12 percent increase over 2006. Mozilla Chairman Mitchell Baker revealed the latest Mozilla figures on her blog Thursday.For further details and commentary from Baker, check this follow-up interview.Firefox has won over about a quarter of the world's users of Web browsers, taking most of that share from Microsoft's still dominant Internet Explorer. The browser faces new challenges, though, in the form of newcomer Google Chrome and Microsoft's resurgent effort to improve Internet Explorer. On Wednesday, Microsoft showed off some elements of the forthcoming IE 9, and Thursday, Google released the source code underlying its Chrome OS, a browser-based operating system for lower-end computers.Google supplies "the bulk" of the Mozilla Foundation's revenue through a deal that currently lasts through 2011, the foundation said. Under that deal, people performing searches through Firefox using the default Google search engine see and sometimes click on search ads at Google; Google and Mozilla share the resulting revenue. In 2007, Google supplied 89 percent of Mozilla's revenue.Google isn't the only revenue source, though. Here's how Mozilla described its sources in an FAQ: "The majority of this revenue is generated from the search functionality in Mozilla Firefox from partners such as Google, Yahoo, Amazon, eBay, and others. Mozilla takes in additional revenue from donations, online affiliate programs, the Mozilla Store, and income on our invested assets. In 2008, we expanded our Firefox partnerships with new firms such as Yandex (Russia Search), Canonical (Ubuntu), and Nokia (Mobile). Source - CNET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow_Intel Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 How do they make money? they don't sell their product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 @Shadow_Intel:Read this: LinkBasically, it's a win - win situation for Google. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 they are goin down next time,chromes here B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 20, 2009 Author Administrator Share Posted November 20, 2009 Not so fast. Chrome still has two more years to be on top. Till then it's FF. And two days ago, IE has fight it's way back into browser wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 I'll gladly switch to Chrome if it can support Firefox plug-ins.I'm not talking about wannabe plug-ins made for Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 20, 2009 Author Administrator Share Posted November 20, 2009 Same here.The only reason I've still not switched to Chrome as it doesn't support plugins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bap Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 thanks for the update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 20, 2009 Author Administrator Share Posted November 20, 2009 Update? What update? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karachidude Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 i like chrome :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted November 20, 2009 Author Administrator Share Posted November 20, 2009 Even me. But it does support addons. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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