Myk Melez wrote: > Michael Vincent van Rantwijk, MultiZilla wrote: >> It is becoming clear to me that something quietly changed over the >> years, after AMO came into rotation, because mozdev.org has been 'just >> that' and for many years already. >> > Well, lots of things have changed. Mozilla's browser grew from being a > project used mostly by developers and techies and intended for > productization by consumer-focused organizations (like Netscape) into a > consumer product used by tens of millions of regular people. > > And AMO was developed to meet the needs of those people for a managed > directory of addons, including but not limited to those whose > development efforts are hosted at Mozdev. > > I don't think Mozdev ever tried to become AMO the way AMO is today, > although it has always provided the means to distribute your addon and > some tools for folks to find projects hosted on the site. > > But now that AMO exists, there's even less reason for Mozdev to be a > directory of addons and more reason for it to focus on the things it > does best and which AMO doesn't (and won't) do, which is to empower > developers with the best possible tools. Perhaps that's the subtle > change you notice. > > But also keep in mind that I'm just one project owner and board member. > Others might not think the same way.
Whereas other totally do :-) Axel _______________________________________________ Project_owners mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/project_owners
