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Great! Now how about the next question: "Why?" I suppose it's nice to know that he is a big deal but as someone who doesn't follow mozilla religiously a littl

Great! Now how about the next question: "Why?" I suppose it's nice to know that he is a big deal but as someone who doesn't follow mozilla religiously a little more background is always appreciated.

kibwen 11y ago
Why is he leaving? That's covered in the OP: he wants to devote his full-time attention to working on rr, a reversible debugger for native code that imposes impressively low overhead, and possibly spin it into a startup.
- jlebar 11y ago
  I think roc would give me a sly smile for pointing out that this doesn't really answer the "why". It's what he's going to do after he leaves. Doesn't quite answer why he's leaving.
  - kibwen 11y ago
    Because... he wants to do those things? I'm really unsure what you're trying to say.
  - SkyMarshal 11y ago
    He just wants to build a startup out of some cool tech and get rich. There's no conspiracy or dirty laundry here.
    - jwalden 11y ago
      My, cynical much? Seems to me that 10+ years at a non-profit, and choosing to live in a place outside the traditional startup locations (New Zealand) with fewer networking opportunities, might indicate fairly little interest in that exact trajectory, for those exact reasons. But what do I know, I'm just another ten-year Mozillian myself. And if or when I leave, it'll also surely be to get filthy rich at a startup, right?
  - Shog9 11y ago
    Well, it'd be foolish to assume that someone doesn't have multiple reasons for making a dramatic change in their life. It'd also be foolish to assume that most of those reasons are any of our business. Robert is an amazing guy, and we're all lucky to have benefited from his work over the years. Now, he's set off on a new adventure, for reasons of his own... And has hinted that he'll continue sharing some of the fruits of his labor. That's more than enough ;)

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Great! Now how about the next question: "Why?" I suppose it's nice to know that he is a big deal but as someone who doesn't follow mozilla religiously a littl

by autotune 11y ago

Great! Now how about the next question: "Why?" I suppose it's nice to know that he is a big deal but as someone who doesn't follow mozilla religiously a little more background is always appreciated.

kibwen 11y ago
Why is he leaving? That's covered in the OP: he wants to devote his full-time attention to working on rr, a reversible debugger for native code that imposes impressively low overhead, and possibly spin it into a startup.
- jlebar 11y ago
  I think roc would give me a sly smile for pointing out that this doesn't really answer the "why". It's what he's going to do after he leaves. Doesn't quite answer why he's leaving.
  - kibwen 11y ago
    Because... he wants to do those things? I'm really unsure what you're trying to say.
  - SkyMarshal 11y ago
    He just wants to build a startup out of some cool tech and get rich. There's no conspiracy or dirty laundry here.
    - jwalden 11y ago
      My, cynical much? Seems to me that 10+ years at a non-profit, and choosing to live in a place outside the traditional startup locations (New Zealand) with fewer networking opportunities, might indicate fairly little interest in that exact trajectory, for those exact reasons. But what do I know, I'm just another ten-year Mozillian myself. And if or when I leave, it'll also surely be to get filthy rich at a startup, right?
  - Shog9 11y ago
    Well, it'd be foolish to assume that someone doesn't have multiple reasons for making a dramatic change in their life. It'd also be foolish to assume that most of those reasons are any of our business. Robert is an amazing guy, and we're all lucky to have benefited from his work over the years. Now, he's set off on a new adventure, for reasons of his own... And has hinted that he'll continue sharing some of the fruits of his labor. That's more than enough ;)