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@kzimmermann @Jeremiah I use M FF to make sure the others don't get a monopoly. I started using FF years ago because of problems with MS IE. With FF I had less problems. In those days MS had over 90% of the browser market. Using FF by me has nothing to do with some kind of ethical question, it has to do with defending against monopolists. If FF would get a monopoly, I would get out of it.

@PeterMotte but isn't defending against monopoly some sort of ethical stance, too? :)

Come to think of it, I myself only use firefox because I like it, and I feel it's better. And that's it. I had never thought about the monopolization bit until only 5 years ago or something.

I like the browser - the product. Not the corporation that makes it.

@Jeremiah

@kzimmermann @Jeremiah Defending against a monopoly is making sure you can't become the victim of the monopolist's power. That's not necessarily an ethical stance, it's self defense.

@ebassi ok, you don't like the FSF. That's fair.

I still encourage you to go on and add up the target budgets of all the donation-driven open source software projects you can find doing fundraisers this year.

Then we can see how many entire projects' yearly budgets equal out the Mozilla CEO's salary, or just half of it if it's too difficult. Let's make it fair and discount the "bonuses" that were not part of the base salary.

Here's a starter: Framasoft - 200,000 EUR. Know of any other?

@kzimmermann this is the compensation for the CEO of the Mozilla *Corporation* (who is also the chairman of the Foundation, but doesn't get compensation for that). You should not compare the CEO of MoCo with other no profit foundations, or small donation-driven software projects. Framasoft isn't getting 400mil USD per year out of deals with other companies.

That's why I said that the FSF doesn't do anything, compared to Mozilla.

@ebassi ah OK, thanks for the clarification!