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Mozilla CTO: Andreas Gal

84 points| msujaws | 12 years ago |blog.mozilla.org | reply

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[+] fabrice_d|12 years ago|reply
Andreas is the perfect choice for this role. Top notch technical abilities, and very nice human being if you like the "no bullshit" way of doing things.

Edit: his own post is at http://andreasgal.com/2014/04/24/technical-leadership-at-moz...

[+] daeken|12 years ago|reply
100% agreed. I had the pleasure of working with Andreas (and you, if you're the Fabrice D. I think you are) on the Boot2Gecko project, and he was a great project leader. He's technically adept, he knows how to work with people, and just gets things done.

I'm very optimistic about Mozilla's future with him as CTO.

[+] strafer32|12 years ago|reply
Andreas is not a great choice. His people skills are terrible. They are so bad that he no longer writes his own emails to employees. They have to go through a PA to make sure they have a human element.

The @RealAndreasGal twitter account that was recently deleted was so amusing because the things that it said were exactly on point. Same with the 'ShitGalSays' Tumblr account which is still around: http://shitgalsays.com/

Andreas is strongly pro-whatever partners want in Firefox OS. Expect DRM and other forms of lockdown to start appearing under his rule. He has no interest in the Mozilla mission.

[+] nnethercote|12 years ago|reply
Just yesterday I was wondering if the CTO role would eventually be filled, and I figured if the answer was "yes" that Andreas would be the one. He's been involved in the creation of many of Mozilla's recent new projects including Firefox OS, the revamped Firefox for Android, pdf.js, and Shumway.
[+] teacup50|12 years ago|reply
I'm not convinced a web insider was the right choice. The web desperately needs some new thinking -- people that don't believe the technology clock stopped in 1995 with the big hand stuck on "JavaScript" and little hand on "HTML".
[+] zobzu|12 years ago|reply
i would say that hes a good choice and generally "no bullshit" from bugs/mailing lists reads.

There was a funny twitter account with his name that has now been removed which was a satire of his way of handling people. I'm not at mozilla corp. but "very nice" sounds like a stretch. I'm sure mozilla needs positive input right now - but psst :)

[+] wdr1|12 years ago|reply
And, equally important as Mozilla, has not expressed a political opinion that is disagreeable.
[+] rdl|12 years ago|reply
For some reason I thought Eich had gone back to CTO. I guess after the controversy that wasn't really possible.
[+] krick|12 years ago|reply
Me too. Very sad that they lost one of the most significant people for Mozilla and for the whole web as well over some nonsense, to think of it. I wonder if it actually would be that bad if they just ignored those, umh, haters?

And now what? I'm sure this Andreas Gal is very notable and significant person as well, but I'm not really sure I ever heard of him, and I surely heard of Eich, FWIF. Well, I hope he does well and will be good choice for the CTO chair, but all that stuff is sad somehow anyway.

[+] matthewbauer|12 years ago|reply
Is he involved with Mozilla at all any more?
[+] SilasX|12 years ago|reply
Public outrage can have hysteresis, not just hysteria.
[+] eps|12 years ago|reply
After their spineless handling of this farce I see no reason for him to have to do anything with Mozilla.
[+] jasoncartwright|12 years ago|reply
I wonder - did they check his political donations?
[+] wwwwwwwwww|12 years ago|reply
it's likely all candidate higher-ups in mozilla will be required to reveal all past political affiliations to make sure their beliefs don't conflict with mozilla values such as acceptance and tolerance of people of differing opinions/backgrounds.
[+] cookiecaper|12 years ago|reply
Indeed. Hopefully his past beliefs are aligned with whichever opinion the mob adopts next.
[+] tbrooks|12 years ago|reply
Any donation >$250 to a candidate's committee is required to be disclosed to the FEC.

It's also searchable here: www.fec.gov

[+] honksillet|12 years ago|reply
He'll be fine as long as he toes the thought police orthodoxy line.
[+] pvnick|12 years ago|reply
As with every other Mozilla story posted over the past couple weeks, this may end up getting flagged/controversy-filtered off the front page quickly. Dang, if that happens, could we possibly get an exception? I'm tired of everything Mozilla-related getting swept under the rug around here.
[+] dang|12 years ago|reply
Not sure I have a good answer for you. All the options I know of, in general, suck. Fortunately this thread hasn't gone too far off the rails so far.
[+] beagle3|12 years ago|reply
Before joining Mozilla, he worked on JITs for Java, and after he joined Mozilla, he worked on JITS for JavaScript mostly, from memory.

Good luck, Andreas. Thanks, Brendan.

[+] ksec|12 years ago|reply
My only question and request to the new CTO. Please accelerate Project Async and e10sm2.