Moving Forward with Firefox

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Post by ehPReth » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 1:12 AM UTC

Moving Forward with Firefox
blog.mozilla.org

Re: Moving Forward with Firefox

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Post by state » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 2:21 AM UTC

I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

Re: Moving Forward with Firefox

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Post by LawoftheHarvest » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 2:23 AM UTC

state wrote: post #2

I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

I was thinking the same thing today. I agree.

Re: Moving Forward with Firefox

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Post by state » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 2:24 AM UTC

LawoftheHarvest wrote: post #3

state wrote: post #2

I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

I was thinking the same thing today. I agree.

It's tough to read that post and not think 'how do these people make money?' Not as though there's some reason why they shouldn't — it's just not clear how it works.

Re: Moving Forward with Firefox

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Post by meritt » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 2:28 AM UTC

state wrote: post #2

I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/f...

> How does Mozilla generate revenue?

> The majority of Mozilla’s revenue is generated from search and commerce functionality included in our Firefox product through all major search partners including Google, Bing, Yahoo, Yandex, Amazon, eBay and others. Mozilla’s reported revenues also include very important individual and corporate donations and grants, as well as other forms of income from our investable assets.

Re: Moving Forward with Firefox

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Post by phaemon » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 2:29 AM UTC

state wrote: post #2

I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

Try: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/documents/

It has their financial statements.

Re: Moving Forward with Firefox

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Post by eamsen » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 2:29 AM UTC

state wrote: post #2

I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

The Mozilla Foundation publishes an annual report[1] on that, which includes statements on its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation.

[1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2013/

Re: Moving Forward with Firefox

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Post by walterbell » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 2:43 AM UTC

> today we combined our group focused on cloud services with the group focused on our Firefox desktop

What are some examples of Mozilla products created by the "cloud services" group that will now be taking ownership of the browser? E.g. Persona, Sync, ..?

Is the cloud services team separated from the advertising (tiles) team?

Re: Moving Forward with Firefox

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Post by eamsen » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 2:50 AM UTC

walterbell wrote: post #8

> today we combined our group focused on cloud services with the group focused on our Firefox desktop What are some examples of Mozilla products created by the "cloud services" group that will now be taking ownership of the browser? E.g. Persona, Sync, ..? Is the cloud services team separated from the advertising (tiles) team?

These are separated teams.

Cloud services: https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices

Content services (tiles): https://wiki.mozilla.org/Content_services

Re: Moving Forward with Firefox

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Post by Thiz » Thu, Feb 19, 2015, 3:06 AM UTC

state wrote: post #2

I wish there was a page on mozilla.org with the title, 'This is how Mozilla makes money'.

I believe Mozilla should start an advertising network and offer cloud services like webmail, docs, blogs, photos, etc so people create an everlasting bond with their properties while maintaining the open web motto they are already known and praised for.

An extra couple billion dollars a year wouldn't hurt either.