On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Dan Stillman <dstill...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Given that the preferences for this feature were implemented with a > trademark in the name — browser.pocket.* — I suspect that the claim that > this was intended to be just the first of an open set of providers just > isn't true. I suspect that preferences for one piece of software are going to be different for preferences for another, even though both pieces of software may do the same thing. It's like you're just looking for evidence to back your claim, when there's very clear and innocent reasons for these. Could this be a terrible horrible thing that Mozilla is doing? Sure. Is it likely that Mozilla has suddenly turned on its mission and the hundreds of employees and volunteers that aren't weighing in are OK with this and turning a blind eye? No, it's not likely. What *is* likely is that teams of experienced people got together and spent *hours* making this decision, that some folks are reacting to after thinking about it for maybe half an hour. Do you know the conditions Mozilla is in, such that in this case, "buy" won out over "build"? Did you gather requirements and test the options in the available software, and figure out the optimal solution? Are you a marketing whiz? Did you sit in negotiations with different companies to see where they would and would not bend for Mozilla? Because you know what? The people who made those decisions ARE experienced, they are whizzes, and I trust they DID all that. These decisions are NOT made lightly. Now, even experts make mistakes, or miscalculations. But it seems from the length of this discussion, that even upon reflection after complaints are being heard, that folks are saying, "yes, this is the right move". Mozilla employees work really hard to provide the best product available, and sometimes that means doing unexpected and different things. They are guided by metrics, so they will have *facts* available to see if this change helps, hurts, or stays neutral. I jumped into this discussion because this type of armchair quarterbacking ( http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/armchair+quarterback) is extremely frustrating to witness, and it universally happens with non-tech (Marketing, HR, etc) decisions. Give it a rest and let the experts handle their jobs, until they actually give you a concrete reason not to trust them....all you have now is speculation. -- -Sheeri Cabral Manager, Data Team at Mozilla File a bug for the Data Team - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Data%20%26%20BI%20Services%20Team Find the Data team on #data on irc.mozilla.org _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
