The article with Mitchell Baker genuinely sparked my interest about something that I generally uninterested about. Operating Systems and computer programs have never been something to get me fired up, but this article has really triggered my curiosity. Unfortunately, I think it has left me with more questions than answers.
First, I am uncertain how Mitchell Baker and the people at Mozilla make money. If there operating system is not being bought and installed on computers where does their financing come from. It mentioned in the article that Mozilla made three times their expenses in 2006 through their revenue sharing agreement with google. I do not understand what this means. Does the money come from ads and user hits or somewhere else?
My next big question is how much control do users have on open source operating systems? By this I mean how large is the platform that users have to work with, and what can they add or change on something like Mozilla? Ms. Baker made it clear that the company lives through user input. She stated that they provide the framework and allow the users to be creative in that framework. I am wondering how tight the framework is and how much room users have to work with. And furthermore, could someone such as myself, with a moderate knowledge of computers, make a significant change or help with Mozilla.
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