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Firing their entire servo team using Rust and then most of their docs team (MDN) and then giving the CEO a raise was the beginning.
by lloydatkinson 3y ago
Firing their entire servo team using Rust and then most of their docs team (MDN) and then giving the CEO a raise was the beginning.
- iforgotpassword 3y agoOh how I despise that CEO. Another example where prior experience or skill was not the primary criteria for filling the position.
- pseudalopex 3y agoMitchell Baker was the Mozilla project's general manager, Mozilla Foundation's 1st president, and Mozilla Corporation's 1st CEO.
- uptime 3y agoI did not know that. I use FF on my phone, on Desktop I use MDN more than I use Firefox!
- insanitybit 3y agoFWIW Baker has been a disaster for way longer than that but it was definitely one of the loudest "I am absolutely unfit for this position" statements to date.
- skinkestek 3y agoThe beginning was actually when they threw out Brendan Eich.
- prepend 3y agoI think that kind of was the beginning of firing the smart people who literally built Firefox and hiring random mba-bots because they thought it didn’t matter. Now their tech sucks and market share is sinking. I don’t think it’s the only reason, but firing Eich didn’t help. Also, Brave has been a pretty nice browser with lots of small quality of life innovations. It’s a shock to me that Firefox didn’t capitalize on its unique position to be privacy focused.
- beebeepka 3y agoI don't think any of these events were mistakes. Mozilla has been usurped and sabotaged.