Google may deprive Firefox livelihood

Mozilla, the developer of the Mozilla browser, may lose most of its income, reportsCNews.ru with reference to the ZDNET publication.

According to the publication, in November, the period of the partnership of the agreement extended in 2008 expired, according to which the Google search is in Firefox browser by default search, and the Google.com website is the starting page. The contract has not yet been extended.

Representatives of Mozilla refuse to comment on the current situation, however, in the financial report of the "Search partner" is not mentioned by name, which may indicate a very stretched relationship between the parties.

Google's refusal from partnership with Mozilla, according to analysts, will deprive Firefox developer more than 84% of the total income. Last year, Mozilla revenue amounted to $ 123 million, of which a transaction from Google brought more than 100 million.

Earlier, the company reported that cooperation with Google brought her 84% of income in 2010 and 86% in 2009. For reference, the company's revenue for last year reached $ 123 million (that is, about 100 million of them brought a deal with a search giant).

ZDNET reports that he did not receive an answer from Mozilla to the question of whether they are negotiating with Google about the continuation of cooperation. The answer was not given a few days ago, in December, nor in July, when journalists had already raised this topic.

Recall that last week it became known that the Chrome browser, which is developing Google, has bypassed Firefox in popularity. Such data were published by StatCounter. It is possible that it is the competition of browsers that can cause Google to refuse to continue cooperation with Mozilla.