On 2014-04-30, 1:19 PM, Pascal Chevrel wrote:
Obviously you don't know Benoit. He has been deeply involved in the
Mozilla project for at least 10 years, he is one of our core
localizers for French, he was there when there was no money, no
employee and we had to build products on our own machines. He probably
did more for mozilla as a volunteer than many did as employees.
Though I didn't realise that Benoit was a longstanding Rep and community
member, I certainly meant no offense or disrespect; I should have looked
him up before clicking send, true, and I apologize for any offense to
Benoit or to the community he represents.
Nevertheless, I stand by my point: that while his request is not at all
unreasonable, and his desire for privacy is noble and well-aligned with
Mozilla's mission, in order for Mozilla to be successful - both
symbolically, and in a boots-on-the-ground practical sense - we need to
manage our limited resources without ever taking our eyes off our
highest priorities. And, I don't mean our priorities in terms of
quarterly goals and bug numbers, I mean in the big-picture, long-game
Victory For The Manifesto sense.
It seems like it would take a lot of work to rally and grow a community
around replacing existing web-analytics software, and it's not entirely
clear who would directly or indirectly benefit from that, or what the
costs would be.
In contrast other efforts, like webcompat evangelism for FirefoxOS and
FIrefox for Android, for example: those look a lot more like a banner
people will rally behind to make the Web better, have a clear near-term
payoff and help cut a path to a better future.
My argument is ultimately that we need to engage the world as we find
it, with the best tools the world offers us today, if we're going shape
the future effectively. I can understand his frustration at our reliance
on a lot of Google tools, and he's not alone in that. But I think the
most important thing we can be doing with a dozen people isn't the long
migration of washing our hands of Google's tools and services, but by
building a world where it's still possible for viable competitors can
emerge.
- mhoye
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