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I'm surprised they're laying off security and QA, considering how focused on privacy and security their marketing campaign seems to be. In the last 6 months, I

I'm surprised they're laying off security and QA, considering how focused on privacy and security their marketing campaign seems to be. In the last 6 months, I think 90% of cases where I saw Mozilla mentioned were about how it's the 'hot new browser' for the privacy-concerned. Although, perhaps, that's more to do with a good marketing team and less with a sprawling security department? Would love to see some expert opinion on what this means for the company's current trajectory.

dman 7y ago
Perhaps Rust is delivering better than expected results.
- the_duke 7y ago
  Only a tiny part of Firefox is in Rust now. See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Oxidation#Rust_Components https://wiki.mozilla.org/Oxidation#Rust_Components .
  - diegocg 7y ago
    Also, Rust code can have security bugs. Memory safety bugs are not the only kind of bugs.
    - dman 7y ago
      Do Mozilla execs understand this?
    - Paul-ish 7y ago
      Rust code integrated into a C/C++ codebase can have memory safety bugs too unfortunately.
dan_quixote 7y ago
Unless they really were redundant, firing QA/Security/Release engineers strikes me as an act of desperation. Cutting back on those disciplines will really jack up the interest rate on your tech debt.