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Re:Chrome: Playing the browser game for keeps by numlocked on Thursday July 07, 2011 @04:49PM (#2740252)
This was actually the entire purpose of Chrome - to push forward the state of the art in browsers. When Chrome was released, Google made it clear that they didn't care per se whether people used Chrome. What they cared about was getting more people using better browsers by forcing the browser market to move at a faster pace. And it appears they have done exactly that. I'm very impressed with the execution - they articulated this precise strategy in 2008 and we're now really seeing it work.
Re:Chrome: Playing the browser game for keeps by v21 on Thursday July 07, 2011 @04:56PM (#2740275)
Competition sure can be a wonderful thing, when it happens.
Re:Chrome: Playing the browser game for keeps by zeddez on Thursday July 07, 2011 @10:30PM (#2741115)
Google pays $140 Million a year to Firefox to be the search default. Given the choice, I believe they would prefer to keep the $140 Million and just have people use Chrome.