The average consumer does not know the difference between browser, Internet and search box. Mitchell Baker More Quotes by Mitchell Baker More Quotes From Mitchell Baker We've broken the code base into logical chunks, called modules, and the foundation staff delegate authority for the modules to people with the most expertise. Mitchell Baker broken-heartfoundationpeople We have a very active testing community which people don't often think about when you have open source. Mitchell Baker communitypeoplethinking I mean, who wants to live waking up... at least I don't want to live waking up everyday about revenge. Mitchell Baker everydayrevengemean Just to have the confidence to say, "Which end of that spectrum am I usually on?" That's been very helpful to me. Because it's a really awkward setting. Mitchell Baker helpfulawkwardends What's been most helpful to me is realizing that those times when all the heads in the room turn and look at me as if I was crazy, reinforce my own leadership capability. Because I've been in a number of those settings where I've been right. And I've been right often enough that now when it happens I don't automatically think, "Oh, my, what's wrong with me?" or "Ohhh, I must not be ready for this role," or "They know so much more than I do." Mitchell Baker crazynumbersthinking Our sense of "open" is that the authority to make decisions about that gets distributed based on merit and understanding and participation and leadership, not solely on employment or a title or a business plan. Technical colleagues will define "open" as "open standards," "interoperable" - you can find it, search it, cut and paste it, view source, mix and match - all those things that we associate with text on the Web, that you can continue to do that with audio and video and whatever's next. Mitchell Baker cuttingdecisionviews So many commercial orgs have software where you can come and modify it but they still control everything. And what's controlled is very clearly what's good for their business, or if they're more progressive, their view of what's good for the Internet. Mitchell Baker progressiveinternetviews We should probably figure out a new word for this. For us, "open" means transparent, as in "open source" - you're not locked in to what the original creator did. And in our case "open" also means distributed decision making. Mitchell Baker casesdecisionmean We're also looking a lot at graphics and video. We've done a lot on a deep technical level to make sure that the next version of Firefox will have all sorts of new graphics capabilities. And the move from audio to video is just exploding. So those areas in particular, mobile and graphics and video, are really important to making the Web today and tomorrow as open as it can be. Mitchell Baker levelsimportantmoving I'm excited about mobile; clearly that's important. Mobile devices are kind of at the opposite end of PCs, in that PCs are pretty open and you can do a fair amount with them, but many mobile devices aren't. We're excited at the idea that we can make the same kind of contribution in the mobile space. So that's one thing coming down the pike. Mitchell Baker spaceoppositesideas But most of us who aren't models aren't models, right? And so, you just have to get used to that and sort of read right past it. So. On the sex symbol piece, I don't get that piece. On the personality piece, that people are excited to meet a leader from Mozilla - maybe there's more about meeting me personally than I give credit for, but I find that people are excited about what Mozilla is, more than 'Oh my god, there's Mitchell, look, her hair,' whatever. Mitchell Baker hairsexpast I grew up as an only child. I think it might just be that my dad really didn't care that I was a girl. "You're gonna do certain things 'cause I want you to, and that's the way it is." Mitchell Baker dadgirlchildren I'm a good communicator, and I'm a good translator. I can talk to engineers; I can talk to people for whom technology is not remotely interesting or even maybe scary - things like that. Mitchell Baker goodi-cantechnologypeople The question of trademark is pretty unsettled in the open source world. The trademark is important in a consumer product, but there are a few groups who feel it's a restriction they can't live with. Mitchell Baker livefeelimportantworld The good news is, being a digital citizen comes naturally to many of us once we get the opportunity - human beings have been taking things apart and putting them back together throughout history. Mitchell Baker goodtogetheropportunityhistory The organization is a way for people to find us and deal with us and know how we operate. Mitchell Baker knoworganizationpeopleway We actually have a real community of people doing useful things. Mitchell Baker doingcommunityrealpeople We worked very hard to make extensions very simple. Mitchell Baker makeveryhardsimple Tech, in the sense of... putting things together, that goes back beyond memory for me. Mitchell Baker memorybackmetogether We will not build a society that reflects who we are and that has opportunities for equality or justice if we don't make progress for all participants. Mitchell Baker equalityprogresssocietyjustice
