Mitchell Baker
Mitchell Baker
Winifred Mitchell Baker, better known simply as Mitchell Baker, is the Executive Chairwoman of the Mozilla Foundation and of Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates development of the open source Mozilla Internet applications, including the Mozilla Firefox web browser and the Mozilla Thunderbird email client...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
average differences doe
Ther average consumer does not know the difference between the browser, the internet, and the search box.
thinking people community
We have a very active testing community which people don't often think about when you have open source.
broken-heart people foundation
We've broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise.
looks helpful look-up
Some period of time later you look up and say, "That concern was right on the mark; it happened exactly as I thought it would." So that's been really helpful to recognize.
people effort ships
People notice it and they help you participate and see your work included in this project and when we ship our browser, you and millions of other people get to see the fruits of your efforts.
thinking difficult products
But I think it's always difficult when a product that you're using and accustomed to changes.
thinking people sticks
Many people think that open source projects are sort of chaotic and and anarchistic. They think that developers randomly throw code at the code base and see what sticks.
men thinking years
I guess my other advice is that it's really good to be comfortable among groups of men! It's just a very common work setting and I don't actually think about it too much, but there must be some comfort level that I've developed over the years.
people floating suspicious
Money tends to make people suspicious, if there's any money floating around.
people support mozilla
Of course, it's hard to support full-time programmers, so we do get funds from a set of companies that are interested in the health of the Mozilla project and so are willing to support the people working for the Foundation as well.
technology artist people
Some people are really drawn to technology and I liken them to artists.
sex ugly littles
The sex symbol thing's a little bit different for me. Usually, like whenever there's a picture of me, there's always this set of things that comes out like, 'Oh my god, she's so ugly.'
independent organization nonprofits
The Mozilla Foundation is an independent, nonprofit organization.
lines mozilla projects
The Mozilla project is big in terms of lines of code and complexity.