Expanding our developer presence in Europe
23 August 2007Every time I visit Europe I’m amazed at the enthusiasm for Mozilla and the strength of the technical talent. I heard loud and clear at the Paris developer day that everyone wants a strong base of support for developers in Europe..
Towards that end I’m visiting Copenhagen, Denmark and Bergen, Norway next week to explore the possibility of setting up a small R&D office in that region. I’ve got a packed schedule talking to members of the Mozilla community, members of the localization teams, entrepreneurs, and possible future members of the Mozilla community. I’ll also be visiting the IT University of Copenhagen and the department of Computer Science at the University of Copenhagen, where I’ll be giving a talk about Mozilla, Open Source, and the future of the web.
If you are in any of these regions and are a member of the Mozilla community or interested in getting involved please let me know.
One Response to “Expanding our developer presence in Europe”
August 29th, 2007 at 5:53 am
Have you considered to create an office in a city in mid-europe like Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Munich or Wien? There are also many IT people and technical highschools (”Fachhochschule” – FH) and universities with Computer Science here. Furthermore, this would allow better marketing (easier to get interview partners). The eBay branded Firefox is developed in cooperation with an eBay team in Munich, iirc.