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Good. Note that language like "has chosen to step down" doesn't really mean anything. It could still practically mean they were fired, as in they were given an
by jmyeet 3y ago
Good. Note that language like "has chosen to step down" doesn't really mean anything. It could still practically mean they were fired, as in they were given an ultimatum of step down or we'll fire you.
But let's be real: she should be fired. She had no vision for Mozilla. Her pay went up as Firefox market share went down. Her strategy revolved around "<buzzword of the year> services". Most recently, that was "AI services".
Now Mozilla has already spun out the Rust Foundation (in 2021). I'm not sure what their strategy needs to be but I think it revolves around doubling-down on Rust, kind of like how the Apache Foundation incubates a bunch of projects. Just like we have Webkit, that could mean creating Rust browser components and a browser entirely based on that, kind of like how they tried to with Servo in FF.
Memory safety is simply too important an issue for reliance on C/C++ in the long term. Provably correct programs and components are (IMHO) going to become increasingly important.
Stop playing around with [buzzword] (currently "AI"). Double down on Rust.