I can just see the stockholder faces now! We took over a percent of a Microsoft free internet explorer with our free browser... how much did we make?
I too am wondering what the big deal is. Does Microsoft make money off IE? If not, why do you expect them to care. I bet Bill Gates is laughing now that Firefox is doing all the work on browsers he can pull some employees out of the IE room.
The Mozilla Foundation is a California not-for-profit corporation. Nobody there is concerned with turning a profit - just making a better browser.
My thoughts exactly. Browsers are free!!!!!!!!