Paul Revere wrote on 09/08/08 at 13:50:31:i shouldve posted the link about what i read. it was something along the lines about them only coming out with a good search engine, but most of their other products not being (as) popular, unless they just up and purchased another company.
example: google video, then purchased youtube.
can something open source like firefox be purchased?
Yes, a good example is MYSQL was recently purchased. Normally old versions keep the same licensing agreements but new versions usually have new stuff written into them.
It seems like this browser was written from the ground up, they have issues already with it though. I suggest to not "save as" on any websute if you use this browswer there is a security hole.. lol
I haven't used it much, I mostly use Opera and Firefox.. with a little IE exploder thrown in for good measure.
I don't dislike Google, or Microsoft for that matter. I'm sure another company will come along and knock them down. Oh and I think Firefox has a full release coming at the end of the year so thats kinda of exciting as well. Open source stuff I totally love.