Έχουμε αναφέρει ότι η Yahoo αυτή τη στιγμή διατίθεται προς πώληση. Αυτό που δεν είναι γνωστό είναι ότι ο μεγαλύτερος νικητής σε μια πιθανή πώληση της εταιρείας μπορεί στην πραγματικότητα να είναι το ίδρυμα Mozilla, που αναμένεται να αποκομίσουν να κερδίσει ένα billion dollars!
Recode has revealed a clause in the Mozilla contract with Yahoo that says that if he does not like the Yahoo buyer, Mozilla is entitled to three annual installments of 375 million dollars in 2019.
It's part of a deal reached by Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer in 2014, making the company the default engine search for the Mozilla Firefox browser.
In his statement, MrfaceMozilla said:
Each of the search partnerships is the result of a competitive process that reflects Firefox's value to the ecosystemsystem. The relationship with Yahoo is no different.
Note that Mozilla's main form of income (90 percent) is the deals it makes for search, according to Recode. Google was paying 300 millions dollars per year, but Mayer, in an effort to bring Yahoo's search engine to Firefox, seems to have committed to something more.
This does not mean, however, that the Mozilla Foundation will take the money, but it could. The Penalty Clause lays down no criteria as to why the Mozilla Foundation could raise money by making the deal very relaxed.
Let us also mention that the new owner may not want to pay and that this could prevent Yahoo's sale.
But whatever the agreement leaves the Mozilla Foundation free. He can redeem the money and also sign a new contract directly with another company (Google or Bing). Yahoo and Marissa Mayer sound like the losers of the case.
