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tiahuralast Tuesday at 4:57 PM2 repliesview on HN

Why does firefox need a CEO? Is the Linux model not feasible?


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hollerithlast Tuesday at 7:31 PM

The Linux Foundation has an executive director, which is the usual title (not CEO) for the head of a non-profit.

Barrin92last Tuesday at 7:29 PM

Because Mozilla is an explicitly mission driven non-profit. Linux doesn't really have a model, the closest equivalent is basically Chromium which is to say it's an open source project to which extremely large companies donate the vast majority of developer hours.