____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 15 January 2008 13:11 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ [H]omer on Saturday 12 January 2008 04:49 : \____
>>
>>> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>>>
>>>> The Fox And The Penguin
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>> | While I am aware that there have already been numerous blog posts
>>>> | about how we are upping the ante for Firefox 3 for Linux, I'd like
>>>> | to take my own turn.
>>>
>>> There has indeed been a great deal of speculation about Mozilla Corp's
>>> commitment to GNU/Linux, especially after the Thunderbird fire-sale.
>>>
>>> Let's hope they do live up to this recent hype.
>>>
>>> I'm also very curious about any possible changes to the MPL.
>>
>> One of the founders of Firefox was quite hostile towards me after citing
>> some item where Mozilla is slagged off for distributing DRM prisons, aka
>> iPods. He wasn't a fan of Linux, to say the very least. Then again, I don't
>> think [m]any people in Mozilla care much about Free software. IOW, nothing
>> has really changed and I doubt the changes at a managerial level will play a
>> role. If somehow they do, then heck... there's always the IceWesel, which
>> looks cuter anyway!
>>
>
> If they're being hostile, though, it means you're having an impact.
> Change takes a long time, far longer than most people realise. Perhaps
> as long as it takes a generation of senior management to be replaced by
> the next generation.
He was a Mac user for all I could tell (Asa Dozler?), so he took offence in
iPod criticism.
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