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Mozilla is like Wikipedia, where the vast majority of the funds they receive go to causes unrelated to development or maintenance of their core product (web bro
by wizee 2y ago
Mozilla is like Wikipedia, where the vast majority of the funds they receive go to causes unrelated to development or maintenance of their core product (web browser or encyclopedia).
- lolinder 2y agoFor example, acquiring ad companies.
- dralley 2y agoMozilla Foundation did not acquire an ad company, and none of their dollars can be legally used to acquire and ad company. Once again, HNers fail to understand the difference between Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation, and conflate all their criticisms.
- lolinder 2y agoI'm well aware of the convoluted corporate structure and that convoluted structure is one of my primary criticisms of Mozilla.
- dralley 2y ago[flagged]
- lolinder 2y agoMozilla chose to structure themselves in a way that was confusing and has led to their interminable distractions and side projects. They apparently were under the impression early on that Mozilla Corporation would somehow actually make money from Firefox which would then fund the Mozilla Foundation's other projects. I doubt that they anticipated that nearly all of the money coming into Firefox would come from their primary competition and they'd wish they could allocate funds in the other direction, but here we are. If you know so much more than the rest of us: Is there some important reason why they haven't fixed their structure already? The for-profit supposedly reinvests all its profits into the non-profit, so I'm unclear what purpose the distinction is serving at this juncture.
- wobfan 2y ago> theoretically so heavy on entrepreneurs. I never thought if it like that, and I wouldn't agree at all tbh. But also, as said, never thought about it. What makes you think it is heavy on entrepreneurs?