mecfs@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 5 months ago"We've won, but at what cost?"lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square272fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down152
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minus-squareareyouevenreal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 months agoWho exactly is going to pay for it’s development in their stead? Developing firefox is an enormous ongoing technical project akin to building the Linux kernel. Someone has to pay or it won’t get done to the standard it needs to be done.
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·5 months agoA project as big as Mozilla wouldn’t be abandoned. If Mozilla stopped development I guarantee more than one group would fork.
minus-squareareyouevenreal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoI am sure they would. I am equally sure most would fail without significant funding.
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoOf course they would, Firefox is a huge project. But that doesn’t mean Mozilla is the only organization that can manage it.
minus-squareareyouevenreal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoAnd where exactly is that funding coming from?
Who exactly is going to pay for it’s development in their stead? Developing firefox is an enormous ongoing technical project akin to building the Linux kernel. Someone has to pay or it won’t get done to the standard it needs to be done.
A project as big as Mozilla wouldn’t be abandoned. If Mozilla stopped development I guarantee more than one group would fork.
I am sure they would. I am equally sure most would fail without significant funding.
Of course they would, Firefox is a huge project. But that doesn’t mean Mozilla is the only organization that can manage it.
And where exactly is that funding coming from?