The irony of this pivot is that Andreas Gal, one of the creators of Firefox OS,[1] has already tried to do IoT with Firefox OS[2] and failed. His startup is now

The irony of this pivot is that Andreas Gal, one of the creators of Firefox OS,[1] has already tried to do IoT with Firefox OS[2] and failed. His startup is now doing IoT with NodeJS.[3] Li Gong, former executive in charge of Firefox OS,[4] also has a startup focusing on Firefox OS smartphones.[5] Having raised $100 million and poached dozens of Mozilla employees, he is looking for even more funding.[6] [1] http://www.cnet.com/news/mozillas-new-cto-javascript-firefox-os-expert-andreas-gal/ http://www.cnet.com/news/mozillas-new-cto-javascript-firefox... [2] http://www.cnet.com/news/firefox-os-in-flux-as-mozilla-loses-technology-chief-to-startup/ http://www.cnet.com/news/firefox-os-in-flux-as-mozilla-loses... [3] http://www.cnet.com/news/startup-aims-to-make-home-devices-smart-enough-to-anticipate-what-you-need/ http://www.cnet.com/news/startup-aims-to-make-home-devices-s... [4] https://www.linkedin.com/in/ligongcn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ligongcn [5] http://www.cnet.com/news/startup-lands-100-million-to-challenge-smartphone-superpowers-apple-and-google/ http://www.cnet.com/news/startup-lands-100-million-to-challe... [6] http://www.cnet.com/news/startup-acadine-picks-up-the-torch-for-mozillas-troubled-firefox-os/ http://www.cnet.com/news/startup-acadine-picks-up-the-torch-...