"Blake Ross the man whose scratched itch became the Firefox browser explains on his blog why he has a problem with Google's policy of promoting their own products over competitors' in search results. His main gripe is that the tips (e.g. "Want to share pictures? Try Google Picasa") result in an inability for other products (perhaps even Parakey?) to compete for the top slot on Google." Article: Blake Ross on Firefox ยป Tip: Trust is hard to gain, easy to lose. Source: Slashdot.org
Of course they're going to promote their own products over competitors what company wouldn't. After all they have shareholders they have to keep happy now and if they start giving up revenue they could have had for themselves to competitors, I'm thinking most investors wouldn't be too happy with. If he's worried about other companies being given top spot does that mean they should put a download link to Opera and IE above Firefox on their own site, I seriously can't see that happening.
