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because: 1/ its a source of revenue and get VP's bonuses for diversifying mozilla's revenues 2/ its a test to see how people like if mozilla starts incorporat
by zobzu 11y ago
because:
1/ its a source of revenue and get VP's bonuses for diversifying mozilla's revenues
2/ its a test to see how people like if mozilla starts incorporating 3rd party cloud services in the user-agent
(doesnt actually sound evil put like that does it?)
result:
1/ some few people get paid a few hundred thousand/year
2/ mozilla alienates people, loses market share
3/ said vps will leave when mozilla can't pay them bonuses no more
(I think that's sadly close to the truth)
- throwaway2048 11y agoi dont know about you, but that sounds pretty damn evil to me.
- mburns 11y agoIt's also wild speculation, so should be taken accordingly.
- sliverstorm 11y agoI don't like the change but it's not like revenue is evil.
- bostik 11y agoPutting focus on short term revenue can hurt long and medium term revenue, and thus degrade the value of the company. Of course if you're already hunting for the next gig in another company, then the short term bonuses may be the only things that matter. I cannot find the source but I think it was Rushkoff who used a wonderful phrase: extracting wealth by destroying value. It highlights the underlying problem better than anything I can come up with.
- serf 11y agoit's not that revenue itself is evil , it's that when revenue takes precedence in a project where that was never the case evil things tend to occur.
- coldpie 11y agoNote that zobzu didn't provide any sources for his/her blind speculation, so don't jump to "Mozilla is evil" based on their comment.
- zobzu 11y agojust ask anyone that left mozilla recently. of course, since you sign nda's (yes, even at mozilla) i doubt many will come out publicly.