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He wasn't fired. He quit after industry pressure (boycott from OkCupid and others) showed Mozilla would suffer greatly if he didn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi

He wasn't fired. He quit after industry pressure (boycott from OkCupid and others) showed Mozilla would suffer greatly if he didn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich#Mozilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich#Mozilla

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sangnoir 11y ago
> He wasn't fired. About that: have you ever noticed that C-level executives never get fired? They get to "resign to spend more time with their families". Being forced to quit is the same as being fired, it just sounds better for PR reasons
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- brighteyes 11y ago
  First of all, that is not true. For example, this executive was fired: http://recode.net/2016/03/12/longtime-sequoia-capital-vc-michael-goguen-is-out-in-wake-of-sexual-abuse-lawsuit/ http://recode.net/2016/03/12/longtime-sequoia-capital-vc-mic... Second, while in some cases "spend more time with my family" is clearly an excuse, in the Eich case there is a much simpler explanation. He founded Mozilla and cared deeply about it. Boycotts were going to destroy it. Of course he would step down, it's his only option from his perspective. If he hadn't, it's very likely Mozilla would not exist today.
  - sangnoir 11y ago
    The 'simpler' explanation is not necessarily true: there is simply not enough information for outsiders to know whether Eich jumped or was pushed. I'd say the Brave venture shows Mr. Rich is not done with improving the internet yet. > Boycotts were going to destroy it...it's very likely Mozilla would not exist today. I doubt highly doubt it: around the same time, some folk were threatening to boycott Dropbox over Condoleeza Rice's role and the board did not equivocate in their support for her. Dropbox is still around, who knows what would have happened if Mozilla's board had chosen to support Eich.
    - brighteyes 11y ago
      The Mozilla boycotts were actually effective, though, unlike DropBox. All Firefox users visiting OkCupid were blocked, and very loudly. Boycotts like that can tank a browser's market share.

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sangnoir 11y ago

> He wasn't fired. About that: have you ever noticed that C-level executives never get fired? They get to "resign to spend more time with their families". Being forced to quit is the same as being fired, it just sounds better for PR reasons

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brighteyes 11y ago
First of all, that is not true. For example, this executive was fired: http://recode.net/2016/03/12/longtime-sequoia-capital-vc-michael-goguen-is-out-in-wake-of-sexual-abuse-lawsuit/ http://recode.net/2016/03/12/longtime-sequoia-capital-vc-mic... Second, while in some cases "spend more time with my family" is clearly an excuse, in the Eich case there is a much simpler explanation. He founded Mozilla and cared deeply about it. Boycotts were going to destroy it. Of course he would step down, it's his only option from his perspective. If he hadn't, it's very likely Mozilla would not exist today.
- sangnoir 11y ago
  The 'simpler' explanation is not necessarily true: there is simply not enough information for outsiders to know whether Eich jumped or was pushed. I'd say the Brave venture shows Mr. Rich is not done with improving the internet yet. > Boycotts were going to destroy it...it's very likely Mozilla would not exist today. I doubt highly doubt it: around the same time, some folk were threatening to boycott Dropbox over Condoleeza Rice's role and the board did not equivocate in their support for her. Dropbox is still around, who knows what would have happened if Mozilla's board had chosen to support Eich.
  - brighteyes 11y ago
    The Mozilla boycotts were actually effective, though, unlike DropBox. All Firefox users visiting OkCupid were blocked, and very loudly. Boycotts like that can tank a browser's market share.