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Why do you think they'll want to work for Mozilla "on the cheap"?
If a competitor fires people with the skills you need, the hiring process gets a lot easier and as such cheaper. It not necessarily means low wages, but more "easy grab".
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Engineers that spent many years working on challenging problems in highly performance-critical areas of the core engine might not be all that interested in doing UI design on iOS.
I guess this depends on whether there will be more to Opera than a Chrome skin. Sigh.
Just curious, how do browser-only companies like Opera or Mozilla make money? I know Opera Mini used to be shipped with phones, but what other sources of revenue do they have?
They default the user to search engines. And add default bookmarks.
Add in other costs, and it's not hard to see that either they've got a huge source of other income or they are hemorrhaging cash.
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I guess this depends on whether there will be more to Opera than a Chrome skin. Sigh.
Webkit ≠ Chrome. I think it's important that web developers do all they can to stop that idea becoming widespread, before people think all other browsers are just a knocked off version of Chrome.
Direct link for those of us who can read Norwegian: http://www.digi.no/911787/opera-sendte-90-paa-doren
FWIW, there's also a "Show: original" button on the top right of the Translate page.
I wonder how many of these Mozilla will pickup on the cheap. Browser rendering engine seems such a specialized skill, where else could these people go?
Does being a MySQL hacker make you unqualified for Web app backend code or database administration? I don't think so.
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I guess this depends on whether there will be more to Opera than a Chrome skin. Sigh.
Webkit ≠ Chrome. I think it's important that web developers do all they can to stop that idea becoming widespread, before people think all other browsers are just a knocked off version of Chrome.
But apparently, it really will be a Chrome knockoff now.
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They default the user to search engines. And add default bookmarks.
At a conservative average of $40K pa per employee, that's an annual staff bill of around $35M annually. The Firefox-Google deal is worth $300M annually, and their user base is 15x larger. Add in other costs, and it's not hard to see that either they've got a huge source of other income or they are hemorrhaging cash.
http://media.opera.com/media/finance/2012/4Q12_presentation....
•Revenue growth of 39% (40% FX adjusted)
•Record revenue and strong profits
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> "Those laid off are terrified to say anything publicly." I'm curious as to why? Norway doesn't seem like a place where people would fear their ex-employers.
It might not be the worst idea to secure a job, before you go ahead and dish on your former employer.
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They default the user to search engines. And add default bookmarks.
At a conservative average of $40K pa per employee, that's an annual staff bill of around $35M annually. The Firefox-Google deal is worth $300M annually, and their user base is 15x larger. Add in other costs, and it's not hard to see that either they've got a huge source of other income or they are hemorrhaging cash.