As I posted at CT,

Until recently, Google had been trying to undermine Microsoft's hold over the browser market by openly supporting Firefox. Bolstered by an advertising partnership with Google's search engine, Firefox ranks as the second most popular browser, with a market share of more than 10 per cent.

The non-profit Mozilla Foundation, which manages Firefox, has had Google's help both in terms of engineering as well as financially. Firefox has collaborated with Google on a variety of technical issues, including a system for reporting software crashes and to make software browsers more secure.

According to the company's financial figures for the 2006, 85 per cent, or about $57 million of the company's $67 million in annual revenues for the year, came from Google. Last week only, Google extended its advertising alliance with Firefox till 2011.

But, with Crome coming to user’s desktops, what will future hold for Firefox. Will the Google browser hurt Firefox more than Microsoft IE?