Comments on: The Mozilla Tree http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2008/07/29/the-mozilla-tree/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:37:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous Coward http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2008/07/29/the-mozilla-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-2109 Anonymous Coward Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:23:10 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=251#comment-2109 I am dismayed that external contributors are not even anywhere near the tree. "Open Source License" just says the code is there, not that patches will be taken. Employees are, of course, prominently visible. How much code in Firefox 3 was contributed by external contributors (people who have never worked at MoCo/MoFo/Netscape, including interns, and have no CVS access)? How many patches are rotting in bugzilla? How many patch authors have lost interest by the time somebody actually gets around to giving a cursory glance? How did people like Schrep get "distributed, earned authority"? Nothing against him personally, it just feels like everything is being advertised as open source... but people in Mountain View having a giant shortcut, especially management and up - the people who set the directions for the whole project don't seem to have actually tried to reach out to the community at large (beyond those who attended the summit!) before being instated. I am dismayed that external contributors are not even anywhere near the tree. “Open Source License” just says the code is there, not that patches will be taken. Employees are, of course, prominently visible.

How much code in Firefox 3 was contributed by external contributors (people who have never worked at MoCo/MoFo/Netscape, including interns, and have no CVS access)? How many patches are rotting in bugzilla? How many patch authors have lost interest by the time somebody actually gets around to giving a cursory glance?

How did people like Schrep get “distributed, earned authority”? Nothing against him personally, it just feels like everything is being advertised as open source… but people in Mountain View having a giant shortcut, especially management and up – the people who set the directions for the whole project don’t seem to have actually tried to reach out to the community at large (beyond those who attended the summit!) before being instated.

]]> By: cain http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2008/07/29/the-mozilla-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-2106 cain Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:31:46 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=251#comment-2106 Hey Winifred, how doing? i love your work and I'm a dedicated firefox user. I suppose you get loads of mail, and I am not trying to take up your precious time, but i just really want to know... is the HAIR DOO a statement or something? i mean I'm really not trying to insult you, seriously, i must state i have never seen anything like this. I searched for information on it and could find nothing, so i thought i would just ask you instead. Hey Winifred, how doing? i love your work and I’m a dedicated firefox user. I suppose you get loads of mail, and I am not trying to take up your precious time, but i just really want to know… is the HAIR DOO a statement or something? i mean I’m really not trying to insult you, seriously, i must state i have never seen anything like this. I searched for information on it and could find nothing, so i thought i would just ask you instead.

]]> By: musingT» Blog Archive » Metaphoric Mozilla Tree http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2008/07/29/the-mozilla-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-2070 musingT» Blog Archive » Metaphoric Mozilla Tree Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:25:08 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=251#comment-2070 [...] analogy that she has been working on for a long time and will continue to elaborate on through her blog.  So I won’t get into the details of what it all means, but instead shed some light on the [...] [...] analogy that she has been working on for a long time and will continue to elaborate on through her blog.  So I won’t get into the details of what it all means, but instead shed some light on the [...]

]]> By: Mozilla in Asia » Blog Archive » On the greater Mozilla community… http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2008/07/29/the-mozilla-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-2044 Mozilla in Asia » Blog Archive » On the greater Mozilla community… Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:14:50 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=251#comment-2044 [...] with the internet. From this she built a metaphor that anchored her entire presentation: Mozilla is a tree. We have the elements of Mozilla that people can see: the branches. However, each branch is fed [...] [...] with the internet. From this she built a metaphor that anchored her entire presentation: Mozilla is a tree. We have the elements of Mozilla that people can see: the branches. However, each branch is fed [...]

]]> By: Across the Stars » Blog Archive » Of bears, landslides, powercuts and cancelled flights http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2008/07/29/the-mozilla-tree/comment-page-1/#comment-1947 Across the Stars » Blog Archive » Of bears, landslides, powercuts and cancelled flights Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:13:12 +0000 http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/?p=251#comment-1947 [...] day of the summit started off with keynotes by John Lilly and Mitchell Baker. Mitchell’s analogy of what she thought of Mozilla was especially intriguing. A great way to kick-off the sessions that [...] [...] day of the summit started off with keynotes by John Lilly and Mitchell Baker. Mitchell’s analogy of what she thought of Mozilla was especially intriguing. A great way to kick-off the sessions that [...]

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