Firefox earns $52.9 million

Jimmy 2004 · Jan 4, 2007, 04:28 PM

Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer’s closest rival, made the company $52.9 million in 2005 according to Mozilla president Mitchell Baker. Most of this money came from search engines such as Google, with Mozilla receiving money for all the traffic that the browser’s built-in search tools direct to their sites, but small profits were also made from the merchandise sold via the Mozilla store. Mozilla is likely to invest much of this money back into the company, which will hopefully continue its growth and allow it to improve current software and create new applications.

Source: The Inquirer

Canuto · Jan 4, 2007, 04:34 PM

That's good for their side, i hope they make a good use of the money

Jimmy 2004 · Jan 4, 2007, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Canuto

That's good for their side, i hope they make a good use of the money

Good... you didn't notice I missed the million on the title so it looked like it had made about fifty-three dollars

WarEagleAU · Jan 4, 2007, 04:49 PM

Alright firefox, wtg. Its all the browser I mainly use, though I do use IE7 for the occasional site that wont allow me to view it without IE. I hope for you many successful returns in the future!

Canuto · Jan 4, 2007, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy 2004

Good... you didn't notice I missed the million on the title so it looked like it had made about fifty-three dollars

I did but i figured you'd notice so...

Azn Tr14dZ · Jan 4, 2007, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by WarEagleAU

Alright firefox, wtg. Its all the browser I mainly use, though I do use IE7 for the occasional site that wont allow me to view it without IE. I hope for you many successful returns in the future!

Same here, I use FireFox for everything, but there are just some sites that need to be viewed with IE.

mout12 · Jan 4, 2007, 07:03 PM

Avant Browser FTW

ex_reven · Jan 4, 2007, 10:46 PM

Firefox is the sex

overcast · Jan 5, 2007, 01:08 AM

With all those revenues, you think maybe they could figure out the memory leak issue. You know the one that's been around since Firefox was invented.

OnBoard · Jan 5, 2007, 09:30 AM

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With all those revenues, you think maybe they could figure out the memory leak issue. You know the one that's been around since Firefox was invented.

Hehe

Yes it's still there, but much better now than before. Still keeping the browser open for a week is impossible.

Nice to know though that I too have earned them money and can enjoy FF with good conscience.

Jan 4, 2007, 04:28 PM	#1
Jimmy 2004 Eligible for custom title Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: England Posts: 5,047 (1.65/day) Thanks: 134 Thanked 276 Times in 185 Posts System Specs	Firefox earns $52.9 million Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer’s closest rival, made the company $52.9 million in 2005 according to Mozilla president Mitchell Baker. Most of this money came from search engines such as Google, with Mozilla receiving money for all the traffic that the browser’s built-in search tools direct to their sites, but small profits were also made from the merchandise sold via the Mozilla store. Mozilla is likely to invest much of this money back into the company, which will hopefully continue its growth and allow it to improve current software and create new applications. Source: The Inquirer Last edited by Jimmy 2004; Jan 4, 2007 at 04:44 PM.

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