[Teever]

> "...if they had seen Mozilla making the financial moves that would have made it an independent and self-sufficient entity."

Does their endowment fund enable them to be an independent and self-sufficient entity?

In other words, Can they live off it in perpetuity?

[pseudalopex]

The question is if their endowment can fund a competitive independent web browser in perpetuity. Looking at other web browsers suggests no.

[glenstein]

Let's start with the acknowledgement of carouseling.

[wtallis]

There's nothing to acknowledge. You're asking everyone to accept the presumption embedded in the statement that a billion dollars "goes away quickly when you're a large company paying lots of money to salaries", namely that Mozilla should be a large company and should rely on a steady stream of outside money instead of seeking sustainable financial independence. But Mozilla's lack of focus and excessive spending on side projects is a major part of the complaints against Mozilla, and you aren't even trying to make a reasonable case that Mozilla needs to be spending money like that.

[Teever]

I don't understand how what you're accusing me of pertains to anything I've written here today.