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802 points csmantle | 4 comments | 13 Jul 25 08:38 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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gr4vityWall ◴[13 Jul 25 10:08 UTC] No.44549048[source]▶
I used to want to donate to Mozilla Foundation, but I've long lost any hope that the corporation would spend that money in a way that makes sense to me. The pessimist on me would expect donated money to be spent on more built-in "campaigns", "studies" or ads. Or maybe a bonus for their executives.

I just want Firefox to be faster. I'm donating to Floorp (a Firefox fork), at least they seem focused on making the browser better.

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skywal_l ◴[13 Jul 25 10:19 UTC] No.44549113[source]▶
It's kind of disheartening to see what happened to the Mozilla Foundation. And it makes me kind of afraid of what's going to happen to linux once Linus is out. It seems that a great project requires a great BDFL, otherwise it will be taken over by ghouls.
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WHA8m ◴[13 Jul 25 11:01 UTC] No.44549375[source]▶
Isn't the Linux ecosystem much more healthy and decentralized than Mozilla? We're so so blessed with Linus and everyone is afraid of the moment the project has to stand without him. But I'm confident he's aware and working towards that point in time. I'm not too much into it though, so this is more or less assumptions.
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Gentil ◴[13 Jul 25 11:07 UTC] No.44549410[source]▶
Linux is a trademark of Linus. Which is why Linux Foundation which is run by corporates like Microsoft, Google etc is staying aside. After Linus, it would like corporate board memebers changing CEOs at their wish.
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1. ensignavenger ◴[13 Jul 25 11:27 UTC] No.44549492[source]▶
The Linux Foundation also runs several other projects, none of which do I see being ran terribly poorly from a corporate meddling point. I can only hope that is a strong signal of things to come.
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2. Gentil ◴[13 Jul 25 12:35 UTC] No.44549963[source]▶
Did I say anything is run poorly? Or good for that matter? The difference is intent. Run for community and run for corporate are both different. Currenlty Linus is the only thing standing in the way of LF pulling another Rust Foundation. Cos it's run by corporates as well. Time will tell.
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3. ensignavenger ◴[13 Jul 25 13:03 UTC] No.44550159[source]▶
What do you mean by "pulling another Rust Foundation"?
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4. Gentil ◴[13 Jul 25 14:23 UTC] No.44550654{3}[source]▶
Rust foundation has not been very community friendly. That's cos corporates run it. There was a fork of the language called crab or something cos of this at one point. Take Linus out of the scenario, it's the same thing that's probable about Linux Foundation.