Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs On The Fate Of Firefox In A Mobile Era | Linux Today

Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs On The Fate Of Firefox In A Mobile Era

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 12, 2011

“So, why is Mozilla in danger? Because the biggest players in
the mobile space also happen to be Firefox’s biggest competitors in
the browser space. In other words, Apple wants Safari running on
its iPhones and iPads; Google wants Android to run its own browser,
or Chrome presumably in the future; and Microsoft has a vested
interest in making sure Internet Explorer comes default on all
Windows Phones. Is there a place for Firefox to curl up on an
iPhone or Android device?

“It’s unclear to be frank,” says Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs. “We
have 450 million users, and they’re all going to have a smartphone
or tablet.


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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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