Quote:Mozilla is in predicament currently. The organization that is behind the Firefox web browser makes most of its revenue from a search deal with Google. The advertising giant pays Mozilla hundreds of million of Dollar each year to stay the default search engine for hundreds of million of Firefox users.

This search deal, along with Google's search deal with Apple, is now part of a major legal battle in the United States. While Google could face a break up of the company in the worst case, with Chrome one of the top applications to be split from Google, Mozilla could also find itself on the receiving end.

There is the possibility that Google is blocked by the court from making further agreements with third-parties to make Google Search the default. Mozilla, in that case, would have to find a replacement.

Problem is, there are not that many, at least not when you look just at traditional search engines. Microsoft with its Bing search engine is likely the only company with enough resources to make a deal with Mozilla. It would mean less money, likely, as Microsoft bid less than Google in the past already. With Google out, Microsoft would not have to worry too much about that anymore.

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