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Steve Jobs was able to do that with Apple. There is no reason to believe that is not possible with Mozilla. Especially taking into consideration that Mozilla do
by Tom4hawk 6y ago
Steve Jobs was able to do that with Apple. There is no reason to believe that is not possible with Mozilla. Especially taking into consideration that Mozilla doesn't have to be profitable as a company. Being sustainable would be enough.
- jacquesm 6y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24565032 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24565032
- srtjstjsj 6y agoAll it takes is what, a $400M investment, but this time as a charitable gift instead of a profit-seeking venture? Shuttleworth did that with Ubuntu and it's barely surviving.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoExcept that Mitchell Baker != Steve Jobs ... even remotely
- _emacsomancer_ 6y agoThat's true - and we should be thankful for small mercies.
- petra 6y agoSteve Jobs didn't do it alone, there was huge trend transforming all of the music industry, with piarted MP3's over P2P networks, and he rode it, and did so exceptionally well. What trend should Firefox ride ? And how will it keep that project a secret for long enough, Given that it's all open-sourced ?