Where Are The Wise Men?

I’m currently half-way through  The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman and I see what the flatness he is talking about all over the place. One article that jumped out to me is this:

Mozilla sets up shop in China | Tech News on ZDNet

California-based Mozilla already has a presence in China via a not-for-profit foundation supporting open-source software projects, but the Beijing office will be its first real corporate presence, Mozilla Chief Operating Officer John Lilly said Friday.

Here are two things that struck me:

1. Here is another company wanting to make inroads in China.  Why?  Because it’s a big market and it’s still growing.
2. Mozilla Corporation is a software company that gives it’s software away yet  still makes money.  How? Partnerships with Google, Yahoo, Amazon, etc.  When you search in Firefox on the top right and buy something or click an advertisement, Mozilla gets a little money.  Multiply that by millions of users and you got yourself a money maker.

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