nahdoic - 5:59 pm on Mar 16, 2009 (gmt 0)

Firefox doesn't seem to be losing any ground, rather it is continuing to grow steadily. (Source [gs.statcounter.com].)

Chrome is also growing, but not as fast as firefox.

The real loser at the moment is IE.

Firefox has fought against the microsoft monopoly and made huge inroads, I don't think the threat of Google is as big as the threat was and still is from microsoft.

If google do pull their funding, well then Mozilla's Mitchell Baker answers this with, "We have been offered a blank check to replace Google." So there is potential there for Mozilla to make even more money without Google.

The ecosystem firefox has built up around its plugin system will be very hard for google to reproduce and compete against.

I personally think we are going to see far greater firefox usage in the future. In Germany for example firefox usage has already overtaken IE. (Source [gs.statcounter.com].) I can definitely see this happening in the USA, but if it doesn't I would say the road block will be caused by microsoft not Google.