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Firefox Revenues Up

Firefox GirlHow do you make money giving something away for free? Ask the Mozilla Foundation, who manage the development of the open source Firefox browser. They just released their financial statements for 2007. Late as those statements are, they look really good for the upstart browser.

“Mozilla’s revenues (including both Mozilla Foundation and Mozilla Corporation) for 2007 were $75 million, up approximately 12% from 2006 revenue of $67 million. As in 2006 the vast majority of this revenue is associated with the search functionality in Mozilla Firefox, and the majority of that is from Google,” says Mozilla Foundation Chairperson Mitchell Baker.

Firefox reached 20% market share earlier this month. On a geekier scale, 48% of this blog’s readers use Firefox. What was once a deemed a toy exclusively for geeks is now recognized by a fifth of all netizens as an extensible tool for everyday tasks.

November 20, 2008 · Post a Comment

Firefox Mobile Coming Within Weeks

Firefox MobileI browse the Web on my phone through Nokia’s browser, which is fast and efficient for surfing on the go. On the desktop, however, I mostly use Firefox for its extensibility.

I would love to have that same extensibility on my phone browser. That’s why I’m happy to hear that the first Firefox Mobile alphas could arrive within weeks. According to Mozilla CEO John Lilly: Click here to continue reading “Firefox Mobile Coming Within Weeks”…

October 7, 2008 · Post a Comment