A conflict of interest?
As some of you may have heard, approximately a week ago Firefox's Lead Programmer was employed by Google. Because of this, version 1.1 is being delayed. Ordinarily I wouldn't care, but this could be the first symptom of a larger problem. After all, isn't the employment of one of the heads of Firefox going to create a conflict of interest within Firefox? How long will it be before Firefox is filled with "integrated" Google search bars and, God forbid, "targeted" ads? Indeed, some would argue that developing an opensource/ freeware browser and working for a company like Google flies in the face of the GPL. I don't necessarily feel this way, but it is a point of concern because, as you may be aware, I am a bit of fan of Firefox (a surprise I know), and the prospect of FF becoming another extenstion of Google is worrying to say the least. So... comments?
Note: I haven't created a thread for a while, and I am only doing so now because no-one else seems to have noticed this nugget. Final! Haven't you been keeping up to date lately? Shame!
Edited by - esquilax on 1/30/2005 4:09:14 AM
Note: I haven't created a thread for a while, and I am only doing so now because no-one else seems to have noticed this nugget. Final! Haven't you been keeping up to date lately? Shame!
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Edited by - esquilax on 1/30/2005 4:09:14 AM