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By Nicholas Carlson, 2:40 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008, 6,113 views (Edit, to draft, Top, Slurp)

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What kind of car does Mozilla Foundation chair Mitchell Baker drive? Not sure. But here's one possibility — a 500 horsepower BMW M5 tagged with the vanity plate "Mozilla." Sure, the car costs about $80,000, but that's plenty affordable for Baker. Remember, she earns $500,000 a year overseeing free labor.

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