Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by walterbell on Friday August 14, 2020 @05:22PM
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In some organizations, 25% layoffs are not considered a sign of success. If Mozilla isn't tied to Firefox, yet has the ability to siphon from Firefox success or increase existential risk due to debatable roadmaps, new side effects of this principal-agent gap may appear.
I would definitely donate to a Gozilla fork.
Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by chrisseaton on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:24PM
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I don’t think Gozilla is anything to do with Mozilla is it?
> The project took its name, "Mozilla", after the original code name of the Netscape Navigator browser — a portmanteau of "Mosaic and Godzilla".
Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by chrisseaton on Friday August 14, 2020 @07:51PM
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Yeah I know that... but what does this have to do with Gozilla? I don’t think Gozilla has ever been a Mozilla or Netscape product. The names are similar but they’re unrelated.
Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by aesh2Xa1 on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:04PM
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The only relationship between "Godzilla" and "Mozilla" is that portmanteau.
I think the OP's sentiment was that the name "Godzilla," is awesome and it would elate him to donate for the name alone.
Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by chrisseaton on Friday August 14, 2020 @08:07PM
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I think you’re possibly misreading - they said ‘Gozilla’ not ‘Godzilla’.
Gozilla is proprietary networking software, nothing to do with Mozilla. So Mozilla can’t fork Gozilla.
Godzilla is a monster character and where Mozilla gets its name.
Re:Mozilla signs fresh Google search deal
by thesuperbigfrog on Friday August 14, 2020 @10:35PM
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Well, Mozilla did use a red tyrannosaurus rex logo for a while:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_(mascot)#/media/File:M...
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I am not sure if that qualifies as an aspiration to be a predator.
It would have to be a fork with user support. Mozilla doesn't have much incentive to distance itself from its core product and even less incentive to provide a means by which their users can dictate what policies and products their financial support is for.
Mozilla has too many individuals in its organization, including its executive, who are not so closely tied to Firefox for this idea to succeed.