Sorry - that definitely wasn't my intention! Although to be clear, I don't mean this to be anything negative about Mozilla, just an interesting collection of their past projects. There are definitely some changes I can make to the copy though, especially since this list is meant to include everything from commercial products to experiments and internal tools.
I think this differs from Killed by Google somewhat in that Google has killed off several commercially-viable products with active users, so I can see a possible intention there as a warning about relying on Google services.
Edit: as another comment said below, "abandoned" is probably a better choice of words for a lot of these projects.
The killed by google site is not a great HN post - lists are not good HN posts, the discontinued products themselves usually get multiple lengthy discussions, etc.
In Mozilla's case, the layoffs are fairly recent, the discontinued products and services have had their own front page discussions (there was one just yesterday), real people have actually lost their jobs, etc. Intentional or not, this sort of post feels a bit like gawking at a traffic accident.
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Sorry - that definitely wasn't my intention! Although to be clear, I don't mean this to be anything negative about Mozilla, just an interesting collection of their past projects. There are definitely some changes I can make to the copy though, especially since this list is meant to include everything from commercial products to experiments and internal tools.
I think this differs from Killed by Google somewhat in that Google has killed off several commercially-viable products with active users, so I can see a possible intention there as a warning about relying on Google services.
Edit: as another comment said below, "abandoned" is probably a better choice of words for a lot of these projects.
The killed by google site is not a great HN post - lists are not good HN posts, the discontinued products themselves usually get multiple lengthy discussions, etc.
In Mozilla's case, the layoffs are fairly recent, the discontinued products and services have had their own front page discussions (there was one just yesterday), real people have actually lost their jobs, etc. Intentional or not, this sort of post feels a bit like gawking at a traffic accident.