The Rise and Fall of Mozilla's Firefox OS: A Mobile OS Odyssey

This article recounts Mozilla's journey developing Firefox OS (initially Boot to Gecko). Facing the dominance of Apple and Google's mobile operating systems, Mozilla attempted to challenge the market with an open-source OS based on Android, but ultimately failed. The article reviews the project's progression from initial ambition to resource misallocation, declining quality, and eventual abandonment, reflecting on Mozilla's strategic, development, and marketing missteps. Despite the failure, the author believes that the concept of owning the entire technology stack was sound, but the rushed development pace and neglect of existing products ultimately led to Firefox OS's demise.