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THE CEO OF Mozilla, which runs not-for-profit internet browser Firefox, has said that his company and Google are ‘frenemies’.
Gary Kovacs confirmed that a major part of Mozilla’s revenue comes from a deal with Google, whose browser is Chrome. Google pays to have ‘Google search’ the default search engine in the Firefox search bar. Kovacs wouldn’t specify how much the deal was worth but didn’t protest when the figure of $300m a year was put to him at the Dublin Web Summit yesterday.
He said that every time Google achieves a financial transaction through a referral from Firefox, Mozilla gets a commission. Google, however, along with Internet Explorer, are the major rival to Firefox in the browser business. Kovacs conceded:
We are in a frenemy situation with Google.
He denied that it was dangerous to rely on an economic model where their rival was supplying much of their income.
“It would be dangerous if there wasn’t a value in what we are doing,” he said.
The Mozilla Manifesto declares that it aims to promote “openness, innovation and opportunity” to make the internet a community project working for the public good.
Kovacs said that the organisation was now investing in new projects that reflect people’s use of the internet moving from desktop devices to mobile. “The web is under threat,” he says as certain companies begin to lock down the operating systems (OS) people use on their phones.
We are being asked where we want to live our online lives.
Mozilla is launching its own OS, first in South America and some Eastern European countries, with a view to keeping the web “unlocked” on mobile phones. It will be launched first in Brazil in the first half of next year but won’t be in Western Europe for some time. Mozilla is also partnering with some hardware companies and says that their aim is to continue to promote a “pure HTML environment so anyone can participate”.
HTML, said Kovacs, is the open-source “language of the web” and he feels that Mozilla’s push for HTML5 compliance has forced the hand of their competitors. He also said he didn’t believe that either Chrome or Firefox was “winning” the competition in browser choice but that they were neck-and-neck.
“Chrome doesn’t have to lose for us to win, as long as we retain share enough of the market to continue to have influence,” he said.
Kovacs also revealed that Mozilla will build a social brower – “we see integration with what we call the social API” – and claimed they will be “leading the way with another big company”, launching in beta form in the next two days.
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What a load of ol’ shit!!!!! Party Political Broadcast morelike!!!
I want to know what journo is going to ask him about the pay rise for his ” adviser ” on live tv ??
Load of bullshit “you are not responsible” but yet he is going to make us all pay.Frau Merkel will be pleased.She has more balls than Enda at least she will protect her people.Our government is quite happy to sentence us to poverty to protect the interests of the Markets and Banks oh and lets not forget the ECB.
I’m not up to speed on these matters so maybe a lawyer type may have the answer: if a countrys premier states on national TV that I am not responsible for something, is it not unconstitutional that I be made pay for it? Just out of interest…
This has been about Kenny’s political ego, nothing more.
Removing another €3.8 Billion from the economy will destroy jobs not create them. There is no shortage of willing entrepreneurs, capital or workers. What is missing is consumer demand & this budget will reduce that further.
For all that Mr Kenny – and in fairness all the others – has acheived in ‘negotiations’ with the Euro authorities we might just as well have sent a robot programmed with just one response – “Yes Master, how high?”
Disregarding the consequential, additional effects of recession we are being told we must repay €95 Billion solely due to the collective failure of European banking within a deeply flawed currency union design.
We are told we must also accept the lack of job opportunity for 1 in 7 of our workforce, likely for a decade if not longer. Essentially dumping at least 25% of our fellow citizens into no wage or low wage poverty in perpetuity.
Absolutely disgusting.
Willing entrepreneurs are in short supply. When the demand is not there and massive imbalances have yet to clear, no entrepreneur is too willing. We’re definitely short of capital, no doubt. Workers we have plenty but too many of them are ex builders, I am afraid not of much use for a while. And the demand is always there but when incomes are falling then the consumers won’t spend. The trick is to clear imbalances so the investment in productive capacity can resume and then when incomes start rising the demand will again materialize in form of spending.
What a crock!
More orchestrated lies and half truths.
The ONLY thing that has changed is the names.
Lies, lies and more lies. Nothing new from our wonderful leaders!! Who actually voted for this idiot???? Seriously!!! Are Fine Gael really any different from Fianna Fail? Methinks not in the slightest, only difference is the name. Time to wise up Ireland, leave the Euro and the Union, these people are not our friends and never will be. Anything we get from them will be paid back to them 10 fold, just look at our fishing industry……..oh sorry, my bad, we have no fishing industry thats gone to Europe this long time!!!
Ya they they didn’t bankrupt the country, its a good enough difference for me
Are you for real??? Were Fine Gael and Labour not the largest opposition parties in the state between 1997 and 2010?? Yes they were and it was up to them to challenge the government of the day on decisions that would impact on the people. They did not do this, instead they sat back and let the good times keep rolling without even considering the possibility that maybe it couldn’t last. And as for your assertion that they didn’t bankrupt the country, wise up, they are insisting on paying the debts of a criminal and dead bank (Anglo), that they have no obligation to pay by the way, and as a direct result are further crippling the country with unsustainable debt!!! 3.1 Billion is being paid out to unsecured bond holders of Anglo next year and that is a fact. By doing this the Irish people will be no better off in any way!
He’s sitting behind a desk so we can’t see Merkel’s hand up his ass.
What was the point off that? Nothing new that we didnt know already. Complete waste of time. Should have watched x factor. Justin bieber is more relevant to the state of this nation than our taoiseach
I spent 15 years on the trawlers in the fishing industry and yes we sold our fishing rights to europe now we dont have a fishing industry compared to 30 years ago when i started the rest of europe came in and raped our seas now we have to go to the north sea or norway to make a living
That’s 10 minutes of my life I’ll never get back.
phew what a relief ! there i was blaming myself saying you have only yourself to blame for all the cut backs , the bank crisis and selling our soul to europe, but good old enda says it not my fault after all . more good news ONE man in limerick got a job ! and now i know if your unemployed you havent got a job . Everyone is saying enda is patronising but hopefully he will make another speech to explain to me what this means …and if he spoke more s l o w l y sure it would clear everything up and we will all do what we are told !…….
Watch it again on tv3. He never moved his hands. They were held tightly on the table with only knuckles showing. Not his words.
The bullshit waffle had started. Too bad kenny should not stick to pay guidelines instead of giving his buddy 37k over pay limits. One law for them and one for us
I left this on Enda’s FB page. Taking bets how long it will stay there. :D
“I was hoping for something much more radical and inspiring for the 6th ever national address of An Taoiseach. I’ll give you a couple of examples: “Ireland is leaving the flawed Euro project which did untold damage to our productivity and asset inflation and reintroducing Punt so we can follow Icelandic model of recovery post banking crisis”. Or “To help balance our budget An Taoiseach is taking 50% pay cut, the government ministers are taking 40% pay cut, TDs 30% pay cut, civil service 10% to 40% pay cut depending on how much they earn”. Or, “the temperature has been flat for the last 15 years so global warming is cancelled along with the carbon tax”. I mean, the only thing you Sir told us tonight that we did not know already is that Bertie Ahern’s mobile phone will no longer be paid by struggling taxpayers.”
About 20s it seems. :D
Maybe he didn’t say those things because he doesn’t agree. Maybe you should run for election? maybe you should check the facts re. Climate change – the top 10 hottest years since records began have been recorded in recent times. The earth is getting warmer.
Educate yourself, dear:
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,662092,00.html
Climatologists Baffled by Global Warming Time-Out
Indirect taxes means screw the poor and protect the rich. Time to revolt.
How so?
Because indirect taxes affect everyone equally regardless of income thus disproportionately affecting those on lower incomes
Civil disobedience. Don’t pay tv license, don’t post car tax, bin charges, etc. hurt the state where it hurts most – in their pockets. They don’t have enough spaces in jails
You are the state and the state is you……hurting the state hurts you. If its time to revolt then start it Bruce and stop going on about it!!!
Will someone translate the speech from German to English for me?
i wanted the truth!! tell us what the government imf and ecb are to frightened to tell us…….we are not stupid
We’re not responsible says Enda but we have to pay! Where’s the fairness in that? No mention of making those pay who are responsible for the mess in the banks that we all have to pay for?!
Well he did promise not to pay for Berties mobile bill…..
Meaningless waffle. No honesty on telleus what orders we are getting from Europe and from whom. No mention of slashing TD outrageous pensions and perks. Nothing new. Its not your fault or you debt but your paying for it anyway. Traitorous scumbag… o
I watched this “state of the nation” speech,,well i like everyone else know what state its in, I was half expecting to hear something , just something very small that would instill a little hope in me for this once proud and undefeatable country, He spoke of the signing of the treaty in a manner that suggested to me ,thats enough of that auld shite now , the treaty was amistake. so we left the british empire ,,for what the Reichland of 2011. Ireland needs a revolution now, not for to oust thegovernment, we have no government. We slavishly followed the policies of Margaret Thatcher in her Big Bang experiment,,that brought banking to a new and exciting level that saw banks buy up stockbroking companies,invented new financial products, and rewarded risk taking at an absolute reck;ess level. greed is good, greed is great, greed is the way forward,,In the words of Cochise the great Indian Nations leader in america, there will always be enough for everyone’s need,but their will never enough for everyone’s greed. Let Ireland go it alone once again, we will have enough for our needs, the greedy bastards can go to germany, france , uk, or china. WE WILL SURVIVE BUT WE MUST FIGhT.
I’m with you mick!!! Great post.
Here Here. I am willing to for go cheap TVs and other frivolous stuff for my countries sovereignty. We will plenty of food and water and might start and real community together. We have to do this for our kids. These evil bastards running this debt war will have no compassion for our children. Once our neutrality is swapped for debt then they will some nice little illegal wars for your kiddies to fight.
Noble but nonsense.
we must nt have been able to afford ze french and german flags to put behind him
we spent the money on his buddys pay increase
State of the nation? Something about creeks and paddles come to mind
Listening to Enda Kenny`s speech tonight entails 4 years of pain basically its just a softener for the budget he talks about creating jobs but he doesn`t seem to have a plan as to what these jobs are going to be im certainly not convinced he`s going to get us out of this mess no more than anyone in opposition can
Bend over Ireland
Theres a lot to be learned from these comments, but why do we begrudge the rich in this country? Of course the budget wont hurt the rich… They have more money its not their fault. It was a straight up speech by a straight up man, although it needed ti be a bit shorter
He doesn’t get it…
It was no ‘ask not what your country can do for you’, but fair play to him.
Would like to see more of this
Good god theres more of that crock?
Agree with you Alain.
We are going to protect the most poor and vulnerable in this country by introducing a vat hike of 10% (not 2% as that would be a vat rate of 21.4% not the 23% were getting) which will disproportionately affect the poor and most vulnerable
spot on Kevin. Slightly over a fifth of what we pay for now goes to the gov in VAT. From January nearly a quarter will go to the state. In Germany VAT is 17%. This tax harmonizing lark may have a silver lining.
Yep and the poor arent routinely gonna be able to cross the border like most of the middle class will to buy their “luxury goods”
Well if people are poor then shouldn’t be buying luxury goods in the first place!
So Derek the poor don’t need a fridge or a washing machine? You’re either a troll or a clown.
Reada. I’m speaking about goods which are a luxury not the likes of the fridge or washing machine.
Well I think that’s what Kevin meant when he put “luxury goods” in inverted commas. VAT increases affect everyone. Income tax increase to higher paid would be fairer.
@ Derek.. In case you were not aware (you don’t seem to be) luxury VAT applies to personal hygiene products – like soap, toilet paper, female sanitary products. As well as the kitchen appliances mentioned above.. None of us would think of these items as luxury, but they are classed as such in terms of VAT.
Don’t be fooled by the word “luxury” it is a poor description of the products this tax is applied to.
lies and deceit enda every word of it
pure rubbish!
Popcorn (check)
Tissues (check)
thats just sick
Ahhhh, don’t we all feel so much better now…..
(Pass the bucket)
Not impressed!
We all know what he is going to say before he says it….tighten our belts kinda stuff….he has plenty notches he could tighten in his own, starting with his massive salary, his 100% mortgage interest relief on his Dublin property!!!
Excuse my crudeness but I do think that a lot of people think we are going to magically pull 16 billion out of our arses. We all have to take a cut. Rich and poor. Stop confusing needs and wants. I have to immigrate next year and have certainly taken pay cuts myself so i know the feeling of dismay. Still, too many people living in LaLa Land and in complete denial about the situation we are in. Man up Ireland. Now is the time to pull together and stop moaning and blaming. Yes the people who got us into this mess need to be help accountable but we need to stand together now in order to get through this storm as unjust as the situation is.
Well you see that’s the problem. They literally ARE trying to pull it out of our arses…
We are not responsible for the crisis but we are going to have to suffer for it, great one Enda while u and the rest of government live the high life, and then tell the whole country by 2015 we will be ok ya rite never mind in the mean time people will be homeless jobless and our kids will be gone. That is the rest of us that won’t be jobless homeless by then… U are a great man (not) we all do what u say like little lambs to the slaughter. All that’s matter once u and the rest of the gorverment and euro countries servie that’s the main thing.. Feck your own country that’s paying you’re pages…..
Is Anne dressed in black for the wake, our great nation has passed away from a slow debilitating disease, bankus bailoutus!
It’s all down to Dirty Bertie and Biffo Brian for passing on this pus-filled cankour after visiting a young wan in merikay called Fannie Mae and her pimp Freddie Mac!
Looked like there was a German woman under the table with her hand up his arse.
Imagine he comes out locked…..
at least he could use the excuse that he was pissed when he rows back on these ‘latest promises’
We need a real leader… Not Inda
I’m surprised Merkosy let Enda use the tricolour tonight!
Is that a glass of brandy to the left of the screen???
I hope he’s going to announce that he’s stepping down after today’s revelations.
Given his ‘green’ credentials of recycling other peoples’ speeches, he’s probably start it with:
“Four score and seven years ago….”
Fingers crossed he does not f@@k it up, that will only serve to make things worse…….
How could it be worse? 4 billion worth of cuts each year for the next 4 years, that’s what’s facing us.
Last years figures are already out of date due to lower growth figures caused by ……… Austerity.
The country is goosed, anyone who’s not making plans to emigrate is a fool .
And how’s that going to work Mr Fool? Do you really think all of us have the luxury to just f**k off?
So it’s a pre-recorded “live” speech to the nation. Wonder how many takes it took?
the working class once again asked to bend over and take one for the team
state of nation id say the state of enda ……………. if i have money in my pocket i spend it if not i can
Journal!!! just wondering…
Where are all the comments? Why can I only see the last 44 out of the 78 comments made. I’m using the iPhone app.
It only shows you more recent ones… Sadly if you want earlier comments you just have to go through your browser..
The iPhone app need loads of improvements, it’s not user friendly at all. it’s frustrating and time consuming trying to find old conversations that you want to reply to. Sometimes you just can’t because of this problem of not showing all the comments. I emailed Garvan about a way to fix this but he never got back to me.
Intelligence, leadership and a plan? If you are looking for this you will be disappointed
Spewing out rubbish glad I didn’t watch it
Erm, Cormac,you might want to check those maths facts before getting proper righteous on us all
Tension is building up as the address of our dear Taoiseach is eagerly awaited by the (tax-free) Diaspora here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. :)
And the Dominican Republic
Enda should have f*cked a pig live on air…… Oh, wait,wrong show.
Ronan… not appropriate or funny
Ah lighten up Ed!
If the pig was doing him it would be appropriate…
Watch history and weep……….
Sky news are referring to our Taoiseach as the ‘PM’.
Well yeah…we don’t call Angela Merkel Bundeskanzler..etc.
Isn’t she Reichskanzler?
Jesus Hugh, just notice I’ve no milk left for tea then you remind me of Champagne Charlie’s carry on, now this tosser!
O Jezzus we’re in an awful state. It’s someone else’s fault of course but I need ye all to feel the pain instead. You’ll be good girls and boys now and dig deep won’t ye. I’m hoping that some of me bulls*** tonight will appeal to enough self righteous egits who normally accept it in a lying down position. Where would we be without the good ol subservant gobeens of Ireland. You see there’s no room for any intellectual argument or disobedience at this stage. We have to evacuate any idea of justice and accountability. The lifeboats have been deployed and It’s bankers and bondholders first. The women and children will have to swim for it because I really don’t give a sh**e.
Thank you and goodnight and may God bless Germany.
Watch history and weep…..
And the winner of this month’s Journal.ie bonus for most hits goes to *drum roll* … Hugh! great blog btw
Take heart. U all heard him. We are not responsible
ment cant lol
It’s not YOUR fault, but this is how YOU are going to pay for it.
Live stream from Merrion Street website; http://www.merrionstreet.ie/index.php/2011/12/taoiseach-enda-kenny-state-of-the-nation-address/?cat=3
DCU news survey plz! http://tiny.cc/f9x9t
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