Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on commercial products

Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by jacquesm on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @11:35AM (#24121455)

Firefox has been the default browser on many linux distros.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by calcifer on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @11:48AM (#24121636)

So? We're still talking about a negligible market share.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by jacquesm on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:42PM (#24122361)

Of which I've been a part for the last 15 years.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by calcifer on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:02PM (#24122645)

So am I, for even longer. How is that relevant?

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by Wowfunhappy on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:29PM (#24122193)

Very good point, I forgot about that!

Sadly though, I don't know how relevant it is due to Linux's desktop marketshare.

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Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm... by jacquesm on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:41PM (#24122360)

For me extremely relevant. And that probably explains a lot of my perspective. I'm one of those 'free software all the way' types and FireFox is a very important component in that toolchain.

Of course, being more or less forced into Gmail and Google docs (or office 365) means that that too is now a losing battle but I hope to fight this rearguard as long as I need to be commercially active. Frankly, I can't wait to shut down my email account and call it a day but it's still some years away.

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