another successful Free Software and Open Source business...
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| mbaehrlxer Dec 02, 2016 8:41 PM EDT |
wow, it looks like Mozilla managed to successfully profit from the search business. i also find interesting that opera, the only other company whose primary product is a webbrowser, (so in a way, opera is Mozillas only competitor in making money with a browser) only earns about 200million more. and they just sold their webbrowser. since we don't know how much money Google, Apple or Microsoft are making from their browsers (and any money they are making from browsers is indirect), we can effectively conclude that Mozilla is the only successful desktop browser business today. and it is a successful Free Software and Open Source business too. given those revenue numbers possibly the second most successful one behind RedHat. (is there any other Free Software and Open Source business that has these kinds of revenue numbers?) greetings, eMBee. |
| seatex Dec 03, 2016 9:24 AM EDT |
So why am I getting a rash of emails from Mozilla now, asking for more $$$? 2 or 3 in the past week alone. |
| mrider Dec 03, 2016 11:06 AM EDT |
Some money good, more money better. |
| cybertao Dec 03, 2016 2:33 PM EDT |
Is it a business or a charity? Being a non-profit entity makes it more like the later. |
| mbaehrlxer Dec 04, 2016 8:01 AM EDT |
Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit, but Mozilla Corporation is not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Corporation it appears that most or all earnings com through the corporation, not through the foundation. but since the corporation is owned by the foundation, the corporations revenue is also the foundations revenue. greetings, eMBee. |
| Steven_Rosenber Dec 21, 2016 1:03 AM EDT |
Mozilla does not make a compelling case for why they need Average Joe's $$$. |
| mbaehrlxer Dec 21, 2016 2:11 AM EDT |
apart from smaller projects and opera, mozilla is the only widely used browser that is developed independently does not serve other interests. chrome, safari, internet explorer all serve their hardware/software/advertizing business. only mozilla serves itself, and thus its users. they may not make a compelling enough argument to donate to them, but the other major browsers don't make an argument at all. greetings, eMBee. |
| jdixon Dec 21, 2016 9:40 AM EDT |
> apart from smaller projects and opera, mozilla is the only widely used browser that is developed independently does not serve other interests Such as Brave: https://www.brave.com/ > ...they may not make a compelling enough argument to donate to them, They've made several compelling arguments (by their actions) that they don't want donations from me or those like me. I've obliged them by switching to and supporting Pale Moon. I would also use Brave, but they don't provide a 32 bit version. Finances dictate that I can only support a handful of projects. Of those out there my preferred one is our own Ken Stark's Reglue. which just started their annual fund raising campaign. |
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