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An entry in Ben Goodger's Mozilla journal reads as follows:
"As of January 10, 2005, my source of income changed from The Mozilla Foundation to Google, Inc. of Mountain View, California. My role with Firefox and
Mozilla project will remain largely unchanged, I will continue doing much same work as I have described above - with new goal of successful 1.1, 1.5 and 2.0 releases. I remain devoted full-time to advancement of Firefox, Mozilla platform and web browsing in general. I'm sure you have many questions. While I will be spending more time at Google, I will work out of Mozilla Foundation offices regularly as need arises. For all questions regarding Google, I ask that you contact Google directly, rather than myself."
Interesting to note is that he announces that he will not be changing roles - but why would Google let him continue production on Firefox browser, whilst under their empolyment? Speculation would insist upon Google's purchace of Mozilla Foundation.
Of course, Google are no strangers to buying companies to help with production of features that aid in development of their services - last year they bought out Keyhole - A digital mapping company, Picasa - A company who developed an OS based photo orginisation program, and going further back, Blogger - Now one of biggest websites on internet.
Is Google browser really in works, or is speculation all it is? Only time will tell.
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