Comment by homebrewer

Comment by homebrewer 3 days ago

Three examples off the top of my head — PostgreSQL, FreeBSD, and Debian — are doing just fine without someone "taking responsibility" (when have Mozilla's CEO ever done that?).

Debian has an elected leader that is not paid and has pretty limited authority overall.

There's also the Linux kernel, with Linus doing both managerial and technical work, running circles around Mozilla's leadership in both. He makes just a few millions per year, less than Baker did even two years ago AFAIK.

DangerousPie 3 days ago

PostgreSQL is just a community of volunteers as far as I'm aware, not full-time developers employed by the project.

FreeBSD seems to have three paid directors: https://freebsdfoundation.org/about-us/our-team/

Debian has a leader and also seems to be more a volunteer organisation than a full company: https://www.debian.org/intro/organization

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walls 3 days ago

All of the people on Postgres, FreeBSD, and Debian combined make a tiny fraction of what the Mozilla CEO does.

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- AJMaxwell 3 days ago
  
  Like what?
  
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  a3w 3 days ago
  
  I agree that probably the three mentioned projects don't total a 6 million USD budget, which is the CEO salary at Mozilla, but is only close to it.
  
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rs186 3 days ago

I think all of these projects have contributors who are getting paid at other companies for the work, notably Linux. Not quite so for Firefox. I mean, tell me where does Linus get his income? You think that can be fully replicated for Firefox?

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