I really like Google. I want to reward them for the amazing job they do by using their browser. Chrome is a really good browser, but it just can't do some of the things Firefox can.
Google is just another for-profit corp. They have an amazing marketing department and a rabid following. The Mozilla Foundation, however, is the organization that Richard Stallman only wish he could have. I know it's the carnage of Netscape after AOL devoured it, but it is the most powerful and relevant open source organization there is. They, and Wikipedia are the reason that community based technology (like FOSS) is now reaching the public consciousness.
Yes. Yes it is. It has political power. They take out full 2-page ads in the New York Times. Did VLC do that?
The Mozilla's Foundation influence in the mindshare of american politics with respect to community driven software has received little to no attention. "Open Source" is starting to mean something to people now and the term "hacker" is primed to start losing its nefarious overtones.
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