> Mozilla chose not to go with Google because Google wasn't willing to pay what they were before.
I was at the internal Mozilla meeting where this was announced (about an hour ago), and Chris Beard (Mozilla's CEO) said very clearly that all the options this time around were economically stronger than the current Google deal.
Maybe that's not true and you have better information than I do, but since you're posting anonymously it's hard to know.
Economically, all the options - including a renewed Google deal - were stronger than the old Google deal. (This contradicts "Google wasn't willing to pay what they were before.")
I was at the internal Mozilla meeting where this was announced (about an hour ago), and Chris Beard (Mozilla's CEO) said very clearly that all the options this time around were economically stronger than the current Google deal.
Maybe that's not true and you have better information than I do, but since you're posting anonymously it's hard to know.