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ZDNet: Ask Jeeves Mulls Firefox-Based Browser

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 15, 2005

“Ask Jeeves and the Mozilla Foundation have begun discussions on
the twin possibilities of a Firefox-based Jeeves browser and of
donating Jeeves’ desktop search technology to the open-source
group.

“The discussions come as relations between Mozilla and search
king Google become cozier. Key Mozilla volunteers now also work for
Google, and the browser showcases Google search in its
interface…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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