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Ouch. I guess she's learned you've really gotta CYA in the Valley these days. Eich (inventor of JavaScript, for the record) was ousted over a private political

Ouch. I guess she's learned you've really gotta CYA in the Valley these days. Eich (inventor of JavaScript, for the record) was ousted over a private political contribution to a cause that a near-majority of Californians supported just a few years earlier. The matter was made an issue by so-called activists trawling the legally-required logs of political contributions and intentionally setting out to destroy Eich, if not Mozilla generally, merely because they disagreed with his political leanings. If you can get flayed for that, I'd guess there's a substantial chance that you'd also be on the hook for failing to lambast the beliefs of a deceased colleague. It would be nice to see Baker stand up against that, but one can only assume the thoughts of "Am I going to lose my job if I fail to call out the deceased's quote-unquote bigotry?" crossed her mind. Bonus consideration for Mozilla's top brass: "are we going to trigger another widespread blacklisting of the Firefox UA if we upset the mob?" It must be terrible to live under those auspices.

booboolayla 7y ago
The treatment of Eich, combined with Baker's eulogy and choice of hair color (SJW war colors) tell me all I need to know about the "culture" at Mozilla. The sooner they all get fired - the better.
pdog 7y ago
> Eich (inventor of JavaScript, for the record) was ousted over a private political contribution to a cause that a near-majority of Californians supported just a few years earlier. Minor correction: Prop 8 was supported by the majority (52%) in California. In fact, Prop 8 (which Brendan Eich donated in support of) passed by 600,000 votes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8
- inferiorhuman 7y ago
  If you'd like to be properly pedantic. 52% of the folks surveyed in one poll were against Prop 8, 52% of the voters voted for Prop 8. Other polls ranged from 35 to 55% against. Prop 8 was designed to prevent a minority group from attaining equivalent rights of the majority so it's not really surprising that Eich got skewered for that. For fucks sake Prop 8 wasn't "quote-unquote bigotry" it was absolutely bigoted — bigoted enough to be struck down by the courts. Edit: to be clear what I'm getting at is that there is a difference between voters, voters who actually voted, and the overall California population.
  - SamReidHughes 7y ago
    Keep in mind that marriage law is still bigoted against pedophiles.
    - inferiorhuman 7y ago
      Keep in mind that marriage law is still bigoted against pedophiles. Is that to say you are equating homosexuality with pedophilia?
      - SamReidHughes 7y ago
        I'm commenting on your use of the term "bigotry" for the act of thinking some act is immoral, like gay sex, pedophilia, necrophilia, etc. Maybe you could clarify when it's bigotry and when it isn't. (Let me guess: everything you agree with isn't bigoted, and everything you disagree with is bigoted.) My understanding is the SCOTUS ruling was about whether it was lawful, not whether it was bigoted. Correct me if I'm mistaken.

booboolayla 7y ago

The treatment of Eich, combined with Baker's eulogy and choice of hair color (SJW war colors) tell me all I need to know about the "culture" at Mozilla. The sooner they all get fired - the better.

pdog 7y ago

> Eich (inventor of JavaScript, for the record) was ousted over a private political contribution to a cause that a near-majority of Californians supported just a few years earlier. Minor correction: Prop 8 was supported by the majority (52%) in California. In fact, Prop 8 (which Brendan Eich donated in support of) passed by 600,000 votes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_California_Proposition_8

inferiorhuman 7y ago
If you'd like to be properly pedantic. 52% of the folks surveyed in one poll were against Prop 8, 52% of the voters voted for Prop 8. Other polls ranged from 35 to 55% against. Prop 8 was designed to prevent a minority group from attaining equivalent rights of the majority so it's not really surprising that Eich got skewered for that. For fucks sake Prop 8 wasn't "quote-unquote bigotry" it was absolutely bigoted — bigoted enough to be struck down by the courts. Edit: to be clear what I'm getting at is that there is a difference between voters, voters who actually voted, and the overall California population.
- SamReidHughes 7y ago
  Keep in mind that marriage law is still bigoted against pedophiles.
  - inferiorhuman 7y ago
    Keep in mind that marriage law is still bigoted against pedophiles. Is that to say you are equating homosexuality with pedophilia?
    - SamReidHughes 7y ago
      I'm commenting on your use of the term "bigotry" for the act of thinking some act is immoral, like gay sex, pedophilia, necrophilia, etc. Maybe you could clarify when it's bigotry and when it isn't. (Let me guess: everything you agree with isn't bigoted, and everything you disagree with is bigoted.) My understanding is the SCOTUS ruling was about whether it was lawful, not whether it was bigoted. Correct me if I'm mistaken.