There's two kinds of innovation around technology platforms: you can innovate with the platform itself, by designing new operating systems, programming language

There's two kinds of innovation around technology platforms: you can innovate with the platform itself, by designing new operating systems, programming languages, browsers, libraries etc. Or you can innovate on top of the platform, by doing new things a level up. We benefit most from a balance of the two. Mozilla aren't resisting innovation. They've chosen to keep Javascript (the platform) and innovate on top of it, e.g. with pdf.js. Google is aiming to develop alternative platforms. They're both valuable activities.