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@carcinopithecus@x0r.be @be From my reading Google wants Firefox on life support indefinitely so they can claim in the EU that they are not a monopoly. So they certainly will press their advantage but they need a stake in their competitor much like Bill Gates invested in Apple in the 00s for similar reasons.
@lorendias @carcinopithecus @be That's a myth about why Bill Gates "invested" in Apple. It was actually a payoff because Microsoft had been caught red-handed stealing Apple source code.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/RDM.Tech.Q1.07/592FE887-5CA1-4F30-BD62-407362B533B9.html
@lorendias @carcinopithecus @be Furthermore it's my reading that it's impressive how few compromises (and Mozilla does call at least some of them that) they had to make in order to stay relevant.
The (mainstream) web isn't what I want it to be, I wish developing a browser engine didn't require this level of funding leading to these compromises. But that's not of the web of today, & Mozilla has it's place.