A narrative on the future of web browsers and web browsing

Browser Trends: Business Models

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Commercial web applications must overcome a vexing business dilemma: how to make money in the face of so much free competition. This is a symptom of the VC-fueled internet economy that has prevailed since the dot com days. Venture capital firms provide companies with money based on some woolly half-baked ...

Apple’s Safari Push is Not About the Money

Monday, March 24th, 2008

Apple has been causing a stir with its heavy-handed tactics for pushing Safari onto Windows users. Those who have iTunes, whether or not they have ever installed Safari, are apparently getting an automatic update dialog proposing to "upgrade" to the latest versions of both products. Reactions range from that of ...

Interview with John Lilly on Read/WriteTalk

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Read/WriteTalk, the podcast arm of popular blog Read/WriteWeb, has a wide-ranging audio interview with newly minted Mozilla CEO John Lilly. The first and most interesting topic is the nature of Mozilla as a commercially funded non-profit and the influence it is likely to have on other organizations: John Lilly: A lot ...

John Lilly Takes Over as Mozilla CEO

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

I first met John Lilly in late 2005 when I stopped by the Mozilla offices in Mountain View for an informal "getting to know you" meeting. His title at the time was Vice President of Business Development. My next interaction with John was in February 2007, by which time he ...