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> ...accumulating a sizeable enough endowment to sufficiently fund operations isn't an option for most orgs. And one of the claims / complaints of TFA is that
by gwd 6y ago
> ...accumulating a sizeable enough endowment to sufficiently fund operations isn't an option for most orgs.
And one of the claims / complaints of TFA is that Mozilla had a massive income for many years, and could have built up an endowment; but instead chose to live "hand-to-mouth", spending their income on useless failed projects that have nothing to do with Firefox. (And CEO pay of course.)
- modo_mario 6y ago> that have nothing to do with Firefox Not arguing against the overall point but Thunderbird has nothing to do with Firefox either and is still a thing Mozilla's reason for existing is not just their browser.
- sangnoir 6y agoI get the point you're putting across, but you chose a terrible example. Mozilla cut thunderbird loose years ago, after neglecting it (Thunderbird remained XUL-based long after Mozilla decided that XUL was a technological dead-end). Yes, Mozilla's mission to to make the internet better for all users - not just the web. But I think they forgot what their mission is sometime back.