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Google To Buy FireFox?!

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

Tuesday, May 16, 2006
18 years ago2,431 views

im asking, (its not a fact)
did someone else hear about this speculation?!

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Yes, the rumor has been out for a while, but it's just that, a rumor... you can find some previous discussion searching for "gbrowser" here, like this post:
http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2004_09_21_index.html#109577101161802475

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

thanks Philipp..
and y the way, you think Google will buy FireFox?!
i just wanna know your opinion :)

Niraj Sanghvi [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

If anything, Google should expand their partnership with Opera. This browser is becoming huge in mobile devices, and is going to be on the next Nintendo console!

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

lol..
nice comparison :)

but i think that IE's most powerful foe is FireFox.. not Opera

so they should buy FireFox

Pierre S [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

You can't buy Firefox because it's free software.The Mozilla Corporation has only been set up for tax purposes, but will never be sold to anybody.
So Google will definitely not be buying FF.
Perhaps offering a rebranded version.
But i don't think they'll ever do

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

i dunno..
i think FireFox and Google are in a good relationship.
i think that Google is about to buy them(or rebrand them). pretty soon i guess.

David Hetfield [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

but we'll see

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

Google is more focussing on what happens in the browser, than the browser itself, but it pays for them to buy Firefox developers to create browser tools (like the Google Toolbar, the Google Notebook, the Google Web Accelerator). But maybe one day they'll release a browser + desktop OS (as opposed to the web OS they are already releasing) just to cover everything :)

Elias KAI [PersonRank 10]

18 years ago #

All they need is Online Behavior, the way your browse time, aspects interest, swithcing from sites to sites, etc...

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