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minor_nitwit on Aug 18, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Open source as a civic duty

Firefox had to become successful before Google's payments would make a difference. Google didn't front Mozilla the money to develop a browser.

wes-exp on Aug 18, 2013 [–]

You're right, Mozilla didn't initially depend on Google. It depended on Netscape, which created Mozilla.

I think it's hard to argue that Firefox's ultimate rise to prominence wasn't directly related to funding provided by Google, though.

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