Maybe you got stuck in the 90's, if you didn't see how the web is taking over the desktop. Close your Windows 95 machine and come with us to the futuristic world of the 21th century!

Well, I guess it depends what you're most used to. I personally think that the GUI you get on Linux (Gnome in my case, but others too) are far superior to Windows (and OSX too, BTW):

* Magnetic borders for window management
* Focus follow the mouse (window management again)
* Virtual desktop (yes, OSX has it and some third party tools on Windows, but they're not as good as X's virtual desktops)

Each time I have to use a Windows machine, I suffer because of the usability of the GUI. (And the command line too, but I can't really blame Windows or OSX for having a command line that sucks - it's not important for their target demographic).

1) They can't, because they're bound to Mozilla by a contract
2) They're not paying Mozilla "to be nice", but because Mozilla is bringing them visitors. It's a simple business contract, in which both parties are benefiting.
Now, if Google decided not to renew the contract after it expire, Mozilla may be able to find an other partner. It may hurt them or not to work with a service different from Google.

FF3 already have the blue (connection is secure) and green (connection is secure *and* the other party is identified). What is kind of weird is that both are delivered by Verisign and friends, you just have to pay more to get a green. CACert could get the blue but not the green, what's wrong with that? The problem with the current situation is that some website will just have to give up on https because they can't pay for a certification.