Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Mozilla & Google behind the scenes payola

[Paul M Foster <paulf@quillandmouse.com>]

On Tue, Aug 09, 2005 at 03:52:10PM -0400, John J. Foster wrote:

> http://www.scroogle.org/gscrape.html#ffox
> 
> Just wondering if anyone had heard of this. Although, if true, it
> certainly doesn't surprise me with todays corporate ethics as they are.
> Just a bad mark on Mozilla.
> 

I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with this. Google pays Mozilla to 
make Google the default search engine for Firefox. Mozilla could have 
made it Yahoo or someone else, but Google paid them and that's bad? This 
seems the same to me as Ford offering a television show free cars so 
that whenever you see a car in the show, it's a Ford. This is as old as 
advertising itself.

Mind you, all the link has is rumor and innuendo to go on. No solid 
proof. A supposed insider blogger makes an accusation, they ask for 
corroborating documents which haven't yet been filed, and the principals 
have no comment for them. They've interpeted the silence of those 
involved to mean their "guilt". Despite the fact that they aren't 
_required_ to disclose any information about the matter, either way, 
except perhaps in quarterly filings. While they may indeed be "guilty", 
this is scant evidence to even make such an accusation, much less grant 
it any credence.

Paul

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