Comment Why AOL will be good for Mozilla (Score 2) 45
People seem to forget that AOL is a computer company that survives while making no direct revenues from their software product.
To AOL, Mozilla will be the equivalent of their AOL software for the Internet user, with one big difference: it will be positioned towards Internet users, not AOL users. AOL knows that to win in the Internet marketplace, you have to be willing to play by their rules. That's why they're taking a hands-off approach to Mozilla.
Microsoft has railed about how Mozilla is bound to be the default browser in the AOL software sooner or later. I disagree. I think Mozilla, with it's extendable UI, will *become* the AOL software.
To AOL, Mozilla will be the equivalent of their AOL software for the Internet user, with one big difference: it will be positioned towards Internet users, not AOL users. AOL knows that to win in the Internet marketplace, you have to be willing to play by their rules. That's why they're taking a hands-off approach to Mozilla.
Microsoft has railed about how Mozilla is bound to be the default browser in the AOL software sooner or later. I disagree. I think Mozilla, with it's extendable UI, will *become* the AOL software.
