FIREFOX OS has given up the ghost once and for all, after Mozilla (qv. moz://a) laid off 50 staff, bringing to an end its ambition to be an Internet of Things (IoT) operating system.
The recently rebranded company had already put the kibosh on its ambitions for a mobile phone OS, but was hoping to keep the platform alive for IoT.
A statement from Mozilla explains: “We have shifted our internal approach to the internet-of-things opportunity, to step back from a focus on launching and scaling commercial products to one focused on research and advanced development, dissolving our connected devices initiative and incorporating our internet-of-things explorations into an increased focus on emerging technologies. ”
Mozilla, as a not for profit, is having to rethink its purpose, having lost a huge amount of ground to rivals like Google Chrome in the browser race.
