The notion of competing again the browser developers is interesting.
Frankly, I haven't dug too deep into the economics of Firebug, but I hold the assumption that the project is not financially motivated. It's a typical open project where the developers' reward is the process of creative problem solving and also giving back to the community.
When financial reward is not the goal, my first thought would be to work with and not against the browser developers. There is a common goal so why not focus resources.
I'm glad that that is not the case because it is this competition, financial or not, that drives innovation.
I'm looking forward to learning more about the motivations behind FB since I use it almost daily. My preliminary quest didn't get too far since the footer link points to a parked (squatted) site.
Frankly, I haven't dug too deep into the economics of Firebug, but I hold the assumption that the project is not financially motivated. It's a typical open project where the developers' reward is the process of creative problem solving and also giving back to the community.
When financial reward is not the goal, my first thought would be to work with and not against the browser developers. There is a common goal so why not focus resources.
I'm glad that that is not the case because it is this competition, financial or not, that drives innovation.
I'm looking forward to learning more about the motivations behind FB since I use it almost daily. My preliminary quest didn't get too far since the footer link points to a parked (squatted) site.