Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by staktrace on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:18PM
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The original purpose of Rust and Servo was to build a better browser. Rust was designed with browser development in mind, and is used increasingly in Firefox. That was an investment that has paid off in spades. (Edited to add: But I agree it's not a "product" in the "provides revenue" sense)
Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by gfodor on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:25PM
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"Mozilla is a one trick pony" implies they can't ship useful software. The definition of "product" isn't the point. If those products (or languages, or whatever) can't generate revenue that also wasn't the point of this thread. If one believes that Mozilla cannot create new things that the world finds extremely valuable, then things like Rust provide counter evidence of that claim.
Re:Mozilla lays off 250 employees while it refocuses on comm...
by stallmanite on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:19PM
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So you think IBM turning into a consulting husk was a good thing?
Isn't Rust a language? https://research.mozilla.org/rust/
How is that going to keep the lights on? Doesn't seem like it contributes to the bottom line in any way, so they would have been better off allocating those people to keeping Firefox competitive. Seems like they need a "more wood behind fewer arrows" moment like Google had. Or a "sell everything but consulting" since consulting is the only thing making money moment like IBM had when they sold laptop, storage, printer, etc. divisions.