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> our source told us Moz will likely pocket $400m to $450m a year between now and 2023 from the arrangement Why in hell did they lay off MDN, Rust/Servo and De

by hu3 6y ago

> our source told us Moz will likely pocket $400m to $450m a year between now and 2023 from the arrangement Why in hell did they lay off MDN, Rust/Servo and Dev Tools teams?

teddyh 6y ago
Maybe because they wouldn’t have gotten the deal renewed otherwise?
- hu3 6y ago
  How does firing some of their brilliant tech staff helps them renew a deal to keep Google as default search on Firefox?
  - teddyh 6y ago
    The theory is that Google might have required this of Mozilla as part of the deal, either officially or unofficially.
    - distances 6y ago
      That's straight up on the ridiculous conspiracy theory field though.
      - teddyh 6y ago
        It’s certainly a conspiracy theory, and I’d call it unlikely, but I wouldn’t go so far as to call it ridiculous. Much worse things have been known to happen in business.
_underfl0w_ 6y ago
IIRC the supposed "burden" of lowering Cxx suite salaries played a non-insignificant role.
- suprfsat 6y ago
  Shouldn't they keep Rust with a goal of lowering dependence on Cxx in general?