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pseudalopexlast Tuesday at 11:14 PM0 repliesview on HN

Another comment observed your cost estimates were low.

> But when the product is mature like Firefox (or Chrome for that matter) you do have some flexibility on the headcount.

Google could reduce Chrome development to maintenance and remain dominant for years. It would be much like Internet Explorer 6. Firefox falling too far behind in performance or compatibility would be fatal.