Quick Mention: Mozilla Detoxicated from Microsoft Influence

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2008-12-11 13:04:14 UTC
Modified: 2008-12-11 13:04:14 UTC

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WE wrote about her before because she was praising Microsoft under the Firefox brand. She is leaving Mozilla now after joining from Microsoft.

Window Snyder, the head of security at Mozilla Corp., will resign her position at the end of the year, she said in a blog post Wednesday.

Some days ago we showed how Windows was tarnishing Mozilla's name. ⬆

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