So close... add a couple more details: - Google makes money from ads - Promoting open web technologies reduces the stack they have to support - Promoting open platforms removes roadblocks to reaching customers - Supporting "competitors" that provide revenue generation channels ensures that even when the lose, they win.

Business is not warm and fuzzy. For that, you need to go non-profit. Look at these and you can see that Mozilla is really warm and fuzzy: http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefoxlive/