> Technology doesn't matter if it doesn't convert users Browsers have primarily won on the merits of their implementation. It is how Chrome was primarily marke

> Technology doesn't matter if it doesn't convert users Browsers have primarily won on the merits of their implementation. It is how Chrome was primarily marketed, for example. > Perhaps the improvements were too small given the level of investment necessary and given the bleak outlook, they decided they couldn't keep it up. That doesn't seem likely. The project had significant potential for core technology metrics - performance, security, stability. > I'm not sure it makes sense to blame the CEO for taking the compensation they were promised. The CEO is the one who asked for the increase in pay. This is publicly documented. In fact, she gets paid more than the sum total of all Mozilla donations, meaning that corporate sponsorship pays for the browser and user donations pay for her salary. The CEO is also in a perfectly fine position to reduce pay in a time of uncertainty. Any board would approve that (for reference, I was a CEO of a small [8 figures] tech company). The CEOs pay had been rising significantly well before the layoffs, nothing to do with the board pushing for layoffs. I think you underestimate how much power a CEO has, the board is not in charge of all decision making.