I've always wondered how open source companies like Mozilla received compensation for their products and services. On TechCrunch, Jason Kincaid explained that Google pays Mozilla a ton of money (~$57M in 2006) each year to be the default search site in the Mozilla Firefox browser. This lucrative contract makes up over 85% of Mozilla's revenue each year. In addition, they have extended this contract through 2011. I found this short article very interesting and you can read more about it here.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Guess what I learned...
I've always wondered how open source companies like Mozilla received compensation for their products and services. On TechCrunch, Jason Kincaid explained that Google pays Mozilla a ton of money (~$57M in 2006) each year to be the default search site in the Mozilla Firefox browser. This lucrative contract makes up over 85% of Mozilla's revenue each year. In addition, they have extended this contract through 2011. I found this short article very interesting and you can read more about it here.
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I wonder how Mozilla feels about Google's new broswer Chrome...
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