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Re:Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years by dralley on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:22PM (#28493784)
150k / person doesn't account for benefits or office expenses. And they have closer to 750 employees.
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Re:Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years by freediver on Saturday September 11, 2021 @01:32PM (#28493898)
It does if your team is world-wide.

Does Gecko really need more than 100 people?

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Re:Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years by kaba0 on Sunday September 12, 2021 @01:37AM (#28498849)
We are talking about a fking browser! Even microsoft dropped the ball on that one, it’s that complex of a problem!
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Re:Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years by dralley on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:37PM (#28494566)
Firefox is 20 million lines of code. What do you think?
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Re:Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years by thayne on Saturday September 11, 2021 @02:54PM (#28494736)
How many of those 750 are actually developers?
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Re:Why Firefox has been in decline for 12 years by freediver on Saturday September 11, 2021 @03:57PM (#28495321)
Firefox != Gecko and I maintain a 200,000 lines of code product alone no problem, so I think possible.
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