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It was discontinued 5 years ago - I’m not sure why it took so long to archive the repo. https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/future-of-deepspeech-stt-after-recent-c

It was discontinued 5 years ago - I’m not sure why it took so long to archive the repo. https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/future-of-deepspeech-stt-after-recent-changes-at-mozilla/66191 https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/future-of-deepspeech-stt-aft...

HelloUsername 1y ago
Perhaps OP URL can be changed to https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-DeepSpeech-Discontinued https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-DeepSpeech-Discontinue...
- LorenDB 1y ago
  I'd change it, except this submission is past the edit window. Perhaps dang or tomhow will see this and change it for me :)
  - altairprime 1y ago
    You should email them about that!
  - HelloUsername 1y ago
    Then comments should be moved hither: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44380572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44380572
    - altairprime 1y ago
      If you email that to the mods, they’ll do so :)
- phoronixrly 1y ago
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  - HelloUsername 1y ago
    What is wrong with this specific article? And what is wrong with Phoronix in general? Could you give us examples? Is your username satire?
    - phoronixrly 1y ago
      No, made this account to specifically link source articles each time a phoronix link gets posted, so that people don't have to be exposed to the low effort and thus low quality benchmarks, general blogspam, clickbait, and toxic comments that phoronix generates. Turns out people appreciate it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44353663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44353663
xeonmc 1y ago
Imagine an alternate timeline where Mozilla had named this project “FreeSpeech” instead as a free and open TTS solution.
- totetsu 1y ago
  We regret to announce that the freespeech project is now being transitioned to archive mode. Thanks to everyone who contributed, submitted issues, suggested improvements, or simply forked in anger. I don’t really use it anymore, so I can’t really maintain it. You might consider migrating to one of these thriving alternatives: • statevoice • echo-chamber.js
echelon 1y ago
My personal little conspiracy theory is that Google pays Mozilla as an antitrust shield. A lot of us pretty much assume that much, but I think it goes much deeper. I think Google pays and maintains a working relationship with the CEO of Mozilla (current and former) to purposely keep the organization rudderless, uncompetitive, and shrinking. Mozilla spends its money building a 3D VR metaverse here, a bunch of AI models it later scraps over there, a web3 / distributed social program, etc. It scraps Rust, doesn't invest into Firefox. Just silly toys and experiments. That nice CEO salary is hush money. Just a fun little pet theory, totally not based on evidence.
- Teever 1y ago
  I don't know if there's a direct quid pro quo relationship between the CEO of Mozilla and Google but I feel quite confident that Google absolutely influences the organization in ways beyond just the cash injection to make it rudderless, uncompetitive and shrinking as you say. It could be as simple as ex-Google employees at lower levels than CEO who are paid by Google take positions at Mozilla, or more subtle things like guiding the direction of the organization through standards boards. It would be really fascinating to look at the org charts of Mozilla past and present and try and build the network between people who worked at Google or Google related organizations before, during, and after their time at Mozilla. Because you're absolutely right that the organization is so absolutely dysfunctional that it can't just be incompetence, it has to be absolute malice.
  - Devorlon 1y ago
    Yes simple things such as becoming employed at Mozilla to perform corporate espionage for Google.
    - riehwvfbk 1y ago
      Corporate espionage targeting an open-source project?
    - Teever 1y ago
      White collar crime is very much a real thing and some of the most successful organizations got that way because they broke the law. We don't live in a meritocracy and nice guys finish last. That's just how things are.

HelloUsername 1y ago

Perhaps OP URL can be changed to https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-DeepSpeech-Discontinued https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-DeepSpeech-Discontinue...

LorenDB 1y ago
I'd change it, except this submission is past the edit window. Perhaps dang or tomhow will see this and change it for me :)
- altairprime 1y ago
  You should email them about that!
- HelloUsername 1y ago
  Then comments should be moved hither: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44380572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44380572
  - altairprime 1y ago
    If you email that to the mods, they’ll do so :)
phoronixrly 1y ago
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- HelloUsername 1y ago
  What is wrong with this specific article? And what is wrong with Phoronix in general? Could you give us examples? Is your username satire?
  - phoronixrly 1y ago
    No, made this account to specifically link source articles each time a phoronix link gets posted, so that people don't have to be exposed to the low effort and thus low quality benchmarks, general blogspam, clickbait, and toxic comments that phoronix generates. Turns out people appreciate it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44353663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44353663

xeonmc 1y ago

Imagine an alternate timeline where Mozilla had named this project “FreeSpeech” instead as a free and open TTS solution.

totetsu 1y ago
We regret to announce that the freespeech project is now being transitioned to archive mode. Thanks to everyone who contributed, submitted issues, suggested improvements, or simply forked in anger. I don’t really use it anymore, so I can’t really maintain it. You might consider migrating to one of these thriving alternatives: • statevoice • echo-chamber.js

echelon 1y ago

My personal little conspiracy theory is that Google pays Mozilla as an antitrust shield. A lot of us pretty much assume that much, but I think it goes much deeper. I think Google pays and maintains a working relationship with the CEO of Mozilla (current and former) to purposely keep the organization rudderless, uncompetitive, and shrinking. Mozilla spends its money building a 3D VR metaverse here, a bunch of AI models it later scraps over there, a web3 / distributed social program, etc. It scraps Rust, doesn't invest into Firefox. Just silly toys and experiments. That nice CEO salary is hush money. Just a fun little pet theory, totally not based on evidence.

Teever 1y ago
I don't know if there's a direct quid pro quo relationship between the CEO of Mozilla and Google but I feel quite confident that Google absolutely influences the organization in ways beyond just the cash injection to make it rudderless, uncompetitive and shrinking as you say. It could be as simple as ex-Google employees at lower levels than CEO who are paid by Google take positions at Mozilla, or more subtle things like guiding the direction of the organization through standards boards. It would be really fascinating to look at the org charts of Mozilla past and present and try and build the network between people who worked at Google or Google related organizations before, during, and after their time at Mozilla. Because you're absolutely right that the organization is so absolutely dysfunctional that it can't just be incompetence, it has to be absolute malice.
- Devorlon 1y ago
  Yes simple things such as becoming employed at Mozilla to perform corporate espionage for Google.
  - riehwvfbk 1y ago
    Corporate espionage targeting an open-source project?
  - Teever 1y ago
    White collar crime is very much a real thing and some of the most successful organizations got that way because they broke the law. We don't live in a meritocracy and nice guys finish last. That's just how things are.