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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by generalizations on Monday February 14, 2022 @05:25PM (#30339240)
> Get a CEO/upper management that are in it for the passion, not the money, and cut their salaries (bonuses tied directly to increase in Firefox market share).

They fired the CEO that knew what he was doing. Personally, I think Mozilla is getting what they asked for.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by vegai_ on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @06:35AM (#30345215)
>Personally, I think Mozilla is getting what they asked for.

A continuously increasing revenue seems to be what they're getting currently.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by throwaway4200 on Monday February 14, 2022 @06:04PM (#30339671)
What makes you think Brendan Eich would have been a good CEO? He was CTO of Mozilla during the period that Chrome was eating Firefox's lunch. He was probably more responsible for Firefox product decisions at that time than CEO Mitchell Baker.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by BrendanEich on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @12:59PM (#30350182)
"throwaway" is fitting, given the quality of this comment. I was CTO from 2005 (when we incorporated Mozilla Corporation for taxpaying reasons; before that I had a Chief Architect title; I was also on the Mozilla Foundation board) through 2014. Firefox market share grew until 2011. Whatever the causes of Firefox peaking then, if you blame me for the fall during my last three years there, you can credit me for the rise from 2004-2011. Use a consistent yardstick.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by sfink on Monday February 14, 2022 @10:43PM (#30342494)
Point of clarification: Mitchell Baker was not CEO at that time (and never had been). She was chair of the board. The previous full CEO was Gary Kovacs, succeeded by acting CEO Jay Sullivan, then Eich for 9 days.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by BrendanEich on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @06:15AM (#30345087)
Mitchell was CEO before John Lilly.
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Re:Ask HN: Why is Firefox losing marketshare and how would y... by sfink on Wednesday February 16, 2022 @11:32AM (#30362086)
Doh! I stand corrected.
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