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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by Tom4hawk on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:20AM (#24565229)
Steve Jobs was able to do that with Apple. There is no reason to believe that is not possible with Mozilla. Especially taking into consideration that Mozilla doesn't have to be profitable as a company. Being sustainable would be enough.
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by srtjstjsj on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @08:46AM (#24566339)
All it takes is what, a $400M investment, but this time as a charitable gift instead of a profit-seeking venture?

Shuttleworth did that with Ubuntu and it's barely surviving.

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by jacquesm on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:28AM (#24565274)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24565032
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by petra on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @02:00PM (#24569959)
Steve Jobs didn't do it alone, there was huge trend transforming all of the music industry, with piarted MP3's over P2P networks, and he rode it, and did so exceptionally well.

What trend should Firefox ride ? And how will it keep that project a secret for long enough, Given that it's all open-sourced ?

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by TedDoesntTalk on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @09:59AM (#24567115)
Except that Mitchell Baker != Steve Jobs ... even remotely
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by _emacsomancer_ on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @10:54AM (#24567823)
That's true - and we should be thankful for small mercies.
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