Here is an added point I left out of my earlier O'Reilly weblog post (my thoughts on B2Day's Is Firefox Doomed?
) as to not complicate matters or get off topic.
What if Yahoo! or Google offered a browser based on Firefox?
What impact would such a move have on adoption? Given the popularity of both web properties and their ability to ship software more effectively, it is quite plausible the answer is a great deal.
This measure would be a natural evolution of their toolbars whose functionality would be folded into the browser UI.
Not only could such a development potentially erode Microsoft's browser share and challenge them to keep pace, but it would also could hurt their bottom line by slowing OS upgrades and new PC sales by giving consumers one less reason to upgrade.
<p>Here is an added point I left out of my <a href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/wlg/6645">earlier O'Reilly weblog post</a> (my thoughts on B2Day's <a href="http://business2.blogs.com/business2blog/2005/03/is_firefox_doom.html"><q>Is Firefox Doomed?</q></a>) as to not complicate matters or get off topic.</p>
<p>What if Yahoo! or Google offered a browser based on Firefox? </p>
<p>What impact would such a move have on adoption? Given the popularity of both web properties and their ability to <a href="http://mark-lucovsky.blogspot.com/2005/02/shipping-software.html">ship software more effectively</a>, it is quite plausible the answer is a great deal. </p>
<p>This measure would be a natural evolution of their toolbars whose functionality would be folded into the browser UI. </p>
<p>Not only could such a development potentially erode Microsoft's browser share and challenge them to keep pace, but it would also could hurt their bottom line by slowing OS upgrades and new PC sales by giving consumers one less reason to upgrade.</p>
