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I think it is clear that Mozilla lost their relentless focus on their core mission a few years ago. The social justice / political theater you’ve alluded to is

I think it is clear that Mozilla lost their relentless focus on their core mission a few years ago. The social justice / political theater you’ve alluded to is an indication of cultural rot. I often view activism in the workplace as a precursor to the fall of a business, because it very literally is the act of placing personal employee agendas ahead of customers and products. In this case, looking at that absurd and undeserved compensation for Baker, I also wonder if the political theater is actually a shield that helps distract people from a failing leadership.

otabdeveloper4 5y ago
Is it really failing? Mozilla is funded by Google.
- dijit 5y ago
  As a puppet to show that they don’t have a monopoly. I wouldn’t call it success.
  - DeathArrow 5y ago
    And if Google wishes to impose a new web standard, Mozilla will be happy to oblige.
  - tomjen3 5y ago
    MS funded Apple like that back when Steve Jobs took over. It worked well for all parties concerned.
- inglor_cz 5y ago
  Looking at the development of its market share, yes, it is absolutely failing. I am typing this on Firefox, but, ironically, this is caused by the fact that I am fairly conservative and I only abandon apps if they drive me absolutely crazy.
inglor_cz 5y ago
Regarding your comment about a cultural rot, I sometimes wonder if this is the case for governments, too. It seems to me that as the count of various causes that some government adapts as its own rises, the overall quality of services tends to go down. Perhaps the total # of competing interests overwhelms the ability of the top level politicians to coordinate. Perhaps it goes down to just not having enough money and reliable people for everything. Just a small observation. Austria-Hungary, a long defunct empire that ruled the place that I now live in, was considered fairly bureaucratic and ossified, and somewhat corrupt and inefficient. Comedians routinely satirized it as a clumsy state. But it was able to keep the city streets cleaner than now and if you read up on various projects, they moved extremely fast compared to today's standards. Planning and building a tram track in several months was absolutely normal. Nowadays the planning and building takes several years.

otabdeveloper4 5y ago

Is it really failing? Mozilla is funded by Google.

dijit 5y ago
As a puppet to show that they don’t have a monopoly. I wouldn’t call it success.
- DeathArrow 5y ago
  And if Google wishes to impose a new web standard, Mozilla will be happy to oblige.
- tomjen3 5y ago
  MS funded Apple like that back when Steve Jobs took over. It worked well for all parties concerned.
inglor_cz 5y ago
Looking at the development of its market share, yes, it is absolutely failing. I am typing this on Firefox, but, ironically, this is caused by the fact that I am fairly conservative and I only abandon apps if they drive me absolutely crazy.

inglor_cz 5y ago

Regarding your comment about a cultural rot, I sometimes wonder if this is the case for governments, too. It seems to me that as the count of various causes that some government adapts as its own rises, the overall quality of services tends to go down. Perhaps the total # of competing interests overwhelms the ability of the top level politicians to coordinate. Perhaps it goes down to just not having enough money and reliable people for everything. Just a small observation. Austria-Hungary, a long defunct empire that ruled the place that I now live in, was considered fairly bureaucratic and ossified, and somewhat corrupt and inefficient. Comedians routinely satirized it as a clumsy state. But it was able to keep the city streets cleaner than now and if you read up on various projects, they moved extremely fast compared to today's standards. Planning and building a tram track in several months was absolutely normal. Nowadays the planning and building takes several years.