Chief Technology Officer Andreas Gal Moves On From Firefox

[JS_Harris]

Source: [cnet.com...]

Mozilla, best known for its Firefox browser and operating system, has lost the man responsible for the core technologies of both products. Chief Technology Officer Andreas Gal has left Mozilla after nearly seven years to launch a startup that hopes to provide the computing brains for the Internet of Things -- a broad idea that involves providing everything from traffic signals to door locks with connections to the Internet.

That is definitely a huge blow to Firefox but in all honesty I hope it delays Mozilla's plans to roll out mandatory SSL compliance as well as the entire read-later and read-without-ads features announced recently.

As for his new venture it looks promising. Even though I'm an old fogey who prefers that the internet not control my front door I wish him well. Thanks for working on Firefox, Andreas.