They did not fire employees working on Firefox. The questionable layoffs were the Servo devs, which were arguably working on next-gen stuff. But the Gecko team remained intact.
It’s actually not bad for orgs to trim expenses. Given Mozilla still has solid revenue, we could view these layoffs as refocusing on stuff that matters (Firefox, plus revenue diversification via services), while ensuring they stay in business for years to come.
Everyone knows that they are too reliant on Google’s revenue stream. Now that they are taking steps to diversify and to be leaner, everyone jumps on them.
Well I for one am optimistic about Mozilla and Firefox’s future.
It’s actually not bad for orgs to trim expenses. Given Mozilla still has solid revenue, we could view these layoffs as refocusing on stuff that matters (Firefox, plus revenue diversification via services), while ensuring they stay in business for years to come.
Everyone knows that they are too reliant on Google’s revenue stream. Now that they are taking steps to diversify and to be leaner, everyone jumps on them.
Well I for one am optimistic about Mozilla and Firefox’s future.