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Brendan Eich was also the guy who created javascript. (In 10 days, which probably explains a lot of the warts.)

• techntoke 7y ago
  He also donated money to prop 8 to oppose gay marriage.
  • dannyw 7y ago
    Hopefully this is one of the things that we stop bringing up in the future. This donation was made by him, in his personal capacity. We only know about it because of political donation disclosure laws and it was dug out 4 years later. There have been zero accusations or complaints that Brendan Eich harmed inclusivity as part of his job. It's a shame he was forced to step down, but we don't need to be bringing this up like it's a mark of shame on his part.
    • herpderperator 7y ago
      I didn't know much about him and Googled him out of curiosity to read about his affiliation with Mozilla. It is rather eye-catching to see "Known for: JavaScript, opposition to same-sex marriage[1][2][3][4]" under his photo.[0] Seems very easy to "bring up" unwillingly. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich
      • BrendanEich 7y ago
        Check the wiki history, there's an edit war ongoing.
  • 9HZZRfNlpR 7y ago
    What does that have to do with the discussion?