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I think Mozilla's structure of having a for-profit owned by a nonprofit has a lot of potential. The problem is that the products they are trying to make money f
by ydlr 5y ago
I think Mozilla's structure of having a for-profit owned by a nonprofit has a lot of potential. The problem is that the products they are trying to make money from are also the primary vehicles for accomplishing their nonprofit mission.
A better example is Newman's Own. Their mission is not to make the world's best tomato sauce. That is just how it makes money.
Mozilla needs to find its tomato sauce. Then Firefox and MDN can become the recipient of funds, not the source.
- strbean 5y agoI love the sly assertion that Newman's Own Tomato Sauce is the best in the world :) Now they just need to make Newman O's better. Aside from the mint ones, those are great.
- ydlr 5y agoLol. Not intended at all. I just meant that the quality of the product doesn't impact their nonprofit work. It just needs to make a profit.