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You and I have very different definitions of risky :) Worst case, the effort of a relatively small team has been wasted, and Gecko and Servo will have received
by Vinnl 8y ago
You and I have very different definitions of risky :)
Worst case, the effort of a relatively small team has been wasted, and Gecko and Servo will have received a few improvements as a result of their work. Best case, VR makes it big and Firefox is its go-to browser.
Then consider the case where they're not in the VR space early. Best case, they've saved a relatively small team's effort. Worst case, VR makes it big and Firefox is as marginally relevant as it is now on mobile.
- konschubert 8y agoI don’t believe that being early as a browser gives you that much of an advantage in such an unexplored space. Differences between browsers in this space will be big for a while and people will switch back and forth. Maybe the cost of this project for Mozilla is so small that it doesn’t matter, but I think it isn’t Edit: also I said that the bet itself is risky, not that it’s putting Mozilla’s existence in jeopardy