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0 pointsdralley4y ago0 comments

150k / person doesn't account for benefits or office expenses. And they have closer to 750 employees.

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freediver4y ago· 4 in thread

It does if your team is world-wide.

Does Gecko really need more than 100 people?

kaba04y ago

We are talking about a fking browser! Even microsoft dropped the ball on that one, it’s that complex of a problem!

dralleyOP4y ago

Firefox is 20 million lines of code. What do you think?

How many of those 750 are actually developers?

Firefox != Gecko and I maintain a 200,000 lines of code product alone no problem, so I think possible.

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