It’s actually in Google’s best interest to help keep Mozilla alive. Mozilla is an innovator and helps push the envelope with technologies like Rust and WASM. Friendly competition helps prevent stagnation and encourages innovation on both sides.
Maybe things have changed, idk.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24128865, contains all the links.
>Mozilla restructured its security functions "to better ensure the security of Mozilla and its users," Mozilla said of the cut. "Some positions were eliminated as a result of this effort, but the teams responsible for the security of the Firefox browser and Firefox services were not been impacted."
Seems relevant.
Their reasoning, whether or not you care to accept it, was that the executive level salary was nowhere near competitive in the market to hire or retain someone talented in that role.
The CEOs compensation was ALREADY huge and this just ballooned it.
The Servo team was objectively more important than the CEO feeling fairly paid when their expectations are so warped to begin with.
Can’t speak about the CEO salary but if they can generate more revenue than the servo team I suppose that’s a potential win?
Going back to main idea though: Google indirectly funded Servo and rust development by supporting a competitor.
It always helps to work together :)