In my opinion, the biggest error of Mozilla is not responding quickly to the computing trends.
Mozilla had a lot of great tech even in the early 2000s but it failed to realize how valuable they were.
Take XUL for example, what if they had expanded it to run on top of Linux directly? They could have become a player in OS market.
What if, after that, they expanded it to run on top of mobile phone when Android came out? They could have become a player in the smartphone market.
Number 3 player in browser, OS, and smartphone is not a bad thing. They surely would have been a much bigger company than what it is right now.
In my opinion, the biggest error of Mozilla is not responding quickly to the computing trends.
Mozilla had a lot of great tech even in the early 2000s but it failed to realize how valuable they were.
Take XUL for example, what if they had expanded it to run on top of Linux directly? They could have become a player in OS market.
What if, after that, they expanded it to run on top of mobile phone when Android came out? They could have become a player in the smartphone market.
Number 3 player in browser, OS, and smartphone is not a bad thing. They surely would have been a much bigger company than what it is right now.