Is Firefox Headed Towards A Massive Decline? Its Co-Founder Thinks So

"Quora is a great place to find answers about products from prominent people involved with them. It's also a great place for those prominent people to disagree, publicly. That's what's happening right now in a thread about the future of Firefox.

"Someone posted the following question to Quora recently: Will Firefox have double-digit market share in 3 to 5 years? Straightforward enough. Yes, says (outgoing) Mozilla CEO John Lilly. No, says Firefox co-founder Blake Ross. So far, Ross is winning the argument, according to the votes from Quora users.

"Here's what Ross had to say:

"I'm pretty skeptical. I think the Mozilla Organization has gradually reverted back to its old ways of being too timid, passive and consensus-driven to release breakthrough products quickly."

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