On March 22, evening news, Mozilla has confirmed, in Firefox OS and Firefox mobile project failure, started the layoffs of Connected Devices responsible for the operations team.

Senior Vice President, responsible for Connected Devices Mozilla Ali·gukesi (Ari Jaaksi) said in an interview: "the company′s decision to lay off workers, a few employees were affected, some of which may be transferred to other positions. ”

Firefox OS mobile phone system released in 2013, compared with iOS and Android, native app store apart is not only supports Web applications. Based on Firefox OS system phones hit the low end of the market, but sales have been disappointing.

ZTE communications, mobile phone manufacturers have launched take Firefox a few Smartphone OS, but because the system is not mature, while facing fierce competition in the market, Firefox OS cell phone has no living space.

In December last year, Mozilla announced that they will not develop Firefox OS system and other hardware, meaning at least Firefox OS phone market came to an end.

Jaques said today: "the Connected Devices sector will simulate a start-up technology company within the company culture, by putting a small amount of resources to research and development in many different projects, finalize a potential viable projects. The job cuts in order to support this new product strategy and innovation. ”

3月22日晚间消息，Mozilla日前证实，在Firefox OS和Firefox手机项目失败后，已开始对负责该业务的Connected Devices团队进行裁员。

负责Connected Devices部门的Mozilla高级副总裁阿里·贾克斯(Ari Jaaksi)在接受采访时称：“公司已做出裁员决定，有少部分员工受到了影响，其中一部分人可能会转移到其他岗位上。”

Firefox OS手机系统于2013年发布，与iOS和安卓系统相比，与众不同之处是没有原生app商店，仅支持网页应用。基于Firefox OS系统的手机主打低端市场，但销量一直不如人意。

中兴通信等少数几家手机厂商曾经推出过搭载Firefox OS的智能手机，但由于系统并不成熟，同时又面临激烈的市场竞争，Firefox OS手机已没有了生存空间。

去年12月，Mozilla宣布不再开发Firefox OS系统和其他硬件，意味着至少在手机市场Firefox OS走到了尽头。

贾克斯今日称：“Connected Devices部门未来将在公司内部模拟一个初创科技公司的文化，通过投入少量资源研发许多不同的项目，最终确定一个有潜力的可行项目。此次裁员也是为了支持这一新的产品战略和创新。”