Mozilla Manifesto at FOSDEM
February 27th, 2007 by Gen KanaiMatt from Peer Pressure (the weblog of All Peers) has some interesting thoughts from the recent FOSDEM conference where the Mozilla Manifesto (still in draft) was debated and discussed.
The real question is: will Mozilla succeed in its audacious goal of creating a new type of organization, able to compete in the consumer space against armies of blood-thirsty capitalists without become one of them? I admit to being mildly skeptical (while remaining steadfastly supportive). Won’t the best contributors eventually jump ship in the search for fortune, as well as just fame? Will the organization be able to maintain its democratic ethos as its staff, user base and revenues continue to grow? It’s certainly an awesome challenge, but then writing a successful web browser ain’t no piece of cake either, and Mozilla is as well-placed as anyone to give it a shot.
February 27th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
[...] Die FOSDEM entwickelt sich offenbar zur ersten Adresse, wenn es um die Entwicklung freier Software geht. Heise berichtet inzwischen ausführlich von derKonferenz, und die Blogsphähre quillt über…. Mit Novell, Google und Sun waren auch wieder große Firmen dabei, die wie zu guten alten Internet-Hype-Zeiten a la 1999 / 2000 die Developer direkt vom Gang zur Mensa einkassierten. Sieben Jahre hat es gedauert, um aus dem kleinen Treffen irgendwo in Belgien ein “must” zu machen. Hoffentlich hält diese Entwicklung an! [...]