Ben Goodger hired by Google
Ben Goodger, the lead development engineer for the Mozilla Foundation, announced on his blog today that he was recently hired by Google. He makes clear that his development role will remain the same at the foundation, which of course has prompted a flurry of conspiracy theories regarding Googles motivation in hiring Goodger.
As of January 10, 2005, my source of income changed from The Mozilla Foundation to Google, Inc. of Mountain View, California. My role with Firefox and the Mozilla project will remain largely unchanged, I will continue doing much the same work as I have described above - with the new goal of successful 1.1, 1.5 and 2.0 releases. I remain devoted full-time to the advancement of Firefox, the Mozilla platform and web browsing in general. I’m sure you have many questions. While I will be spending more time at Google, I will work out of the Mozilla Foundation offices regularly as the need arises.
Although it seems like nothing more than a great career move, it will certainly be interesting to see what if anything will move with Ben from the Mozilla camp to the Googgle camp.
link via mozillazine
update: don’t miss the obligatory slashdot discussion
In a sort of related bit, keep an eye out for the upcoming WIRED magazine which features Firefox, and the people behind it, as the cover story. link
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