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Maybe they should think of starting to spend "Mozilla Foundation" money on browser development, like most donors expect them to, instead of other random things
by tivert 2y ago
Maybe they should think of starting to spend "Mozilla Foundation" money on browser development, like most donors expect them to, instead of other random things no one cares about.
- echelon 2y agoTo be fair, the Rust thing was really great. All the lackluster AI, VR, and other toys have been wasted efforts though.
- everfrustrated 2y agoDidn't they lay off all the rust devs they funded? I'm unclear what Mozilla actually did to _actively_ foster Rust. I get the impression it was more like Tim Berners-Lee and Cern.
- dralley 2y ago>Maybe they should think of starting to spend "Mozilla Foundation" money on browser development That would be tax fraud. Tax-exempt charitable donations from MoFo can't be used for product development by MoCo, a for-profit company.
- ForHackernews 2y agoIt sounds like MoCo doesn't make any profit anyway, it's just an antitrust shield for Google.
- dralley 2y agoIt does make profit. The Corportation-owned-by-Foundation model is not that uncommon.
- tivert 2y ago> It does make profit. The Corportation-owned-by-Foundation model is not that uncommon. How, exactly? Excess from Google's money drops? If their corporate structure is a barrier to using donations for development, I think they need to change it. If "MoFo" can't send money to "MoCo," but I bet the opposite could be made to work. Maybe "MoCo" should gift the browser software and development teams to "MoFo," and pay the Google money (as long as it lasts) to the foundation to license it back to distribute it with search engine-placements, etc.
- wmf 2y agoThat's technically true but MoFo could hire some developers directly.
- ecshafer 2y agoI personally stopped giving them money when I learned they didn't spend any of the donations on firefox.