Maybe no one really knows anymore why the feature was implemented that way in the first place.
I think the post-mortem has shown that the biggest problem of mozilla is fragmentation of decision-making, and the existence of probably >50 small teams that do stuff without communicating.
It is highly likely that the certificate problem isn't the only negative consequence, and that we'll see more evidence of mismanagement in the future.
I have the feeling that for some reason mozilla has established a culture where information does not flow efficiently from top to bottom and vica versa, and it even looks like the management doesn't really exist.
When a small team is formed around a task without central oversight, reporting back to someone, it will tend to justify it's existence, even if it means doing unnecessary work.
I heard the last CEO who wanted to streamline the mozilla hierarchy back to efficiency was Brendan Eich and many people got uncomfortable when he started to demand that people actually work productively.
I think a honest post-mortem would have come to a painful conclusion: That the Mozilla of today is in no way able to compete anymore, and many employees have stopped doing real work. The company only lives on because it lives off it's massive market-share of the past.
I am convinced that, within 2 years, mozilla will be confronted with massive lay-offs, threatening the gecko engine. This incidence shows me that they haven't done anything to address their structural problems, probably because most people in the company are content with the place they have, and comfortable living off the massive google revenue.
I think the post-mortem has shown that the biggest problem of mozilla is fragmentation of decision-making, and the existence of probably >50 small teams that do stuff without communicating.
It is highly likely that the certificate problem isn't the only negative consequence, and that we'll see more evidence of mismanagement in the future.
I have the feeling that for some reason mozilla has established a culture where information does not flow efficiently from top to bottom and vica versa, and it even looks like the management doesn't really exist.
When a small team is formed around a task without central oversight, reporting back to someone, it will tend to justify it's existence, even if it means doing unnecessary work.
I heard the last CEO who wanted to streamline the mozilla hierarchy back to efficiency was Brendan Eich and many people got uncomfortable when he started to demand that people actually work productively.
I think a honest post-mortem would have come to a painful conclusion: That the Mozilla of today is in no way able to compete anymore, and many employees have stopped doing real work. The company only lives on because it lives off it's massive market-share of the past.
I am convinced that, within 2 years, mozilla will be confronted with massive lay-offs, threatening the gecko engine. This incidence shows me that they haven't done anything to address their structural problems, probably because most people in the company are content with the place they have, and comfortable living off the massive google revenue.