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I realise some people didn't agree with his politics, but I wonder what the trajectory of the company would have been under Brendan Eich.
by gadders 6y ago
I realise some people didn't agree with his politics, but I wonder what the trajectory of the company would have been under Brendan Eich.
- jacquesm 6y agoI think the big problem is that Mozilla/FireFox receiving money from Google served essentially as a bribe that allowed Google to pull a bunch of anti-competitive behavior that cost FF marketshare. If not for that we could have easily seen a repeat of Netscape vs Microsoft, but it is hard to consciously decide to bite the hand that feeds you, especially when it is connected to the proverbial 800 lbs gorilla. I suspect FF would have lost marketshare in any "under Eich" scenario too, maybe not as fast and maybe he would have re-focused the company earlier. But that's all water under the bridge we are where we are today.
- djsumdog 6y agoThe first year of Chrome's release, I absolutely hated it, not because of the browser itself, but because it felt like a shot to the gut of Firefox and open source development in general.
- cultus 6y agoHow could you know that? He was CEO for 2 weeks. He took concrete actions to damage LGBT people. That's not just an opinion.