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Mozilla is feeling very corporate these days. Can you remember the time when we all chipped in so that they could get a full page advert for Firefox in the New
by aembleton 10y ago
Mozilla is feeling very corporate these days. Can you remember the time when we all chipped in so that they could get a full page advert for Firefox in the New York Times?
I think it would help if they had less money, so that they would focus more on their core product - a web browser.
- wodenokoto 10y agoI think Rust is the second best thing to come out of Mozilla and seemingly pretty far from what could be considered a core product (at least at conception time)
- aembleton 10y agoGood point. Rust is a good product and wouldn't have happened without them trying different things.
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- divanvisagie 10y ago> I think it would help if they had less money You have to be joking right? So as soon as an open community becomes well funded you hate on it. Seems like you are more interested in rooting for the underdog than actually succeeding with open source ideals.
- aaron-lebo 10y agoHaving too much money can drive you away from your core focus and lead you to waste time. Not saying that's what's happening at Mozilla, but the OP isn't completely wrong in that criticism.
- gcp 10y agoCan you remember the time when we all chipped in...I think it would help if they had less money Mind = Blown. Taking money for advertising and branding is OK if it's yours? I can get behind that, hahaha!
- dingo_bat 10y agoI think he means to highlight that a single newspaper advert was the entirety of Mozilla's marketing at that time and the product was revolutionary.