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Except he walked straight into another CEO position and it's never been a problem despite everyone knowing about his donation to a political group. Literally a
by DarthGhandi 6y ago
Except he walked straight into another CEO position and it's never been a problem despite everyone knowing about his donation to a political group.
Literally all he did was monetarily support a cause ($3,100) in private. He was not out there making statements or instituting changes to the company.
What does that have to do with "leadership and communications"?
I certainly don't align with his political position but respect people's right to hold one without fear or favour.
It has to be one of the most egregious acts of employee activism. And look where it got Mozilla now, the politically palatable replacement has driven it into the ground while it's only held afloat with money from Google.
- shadowgovt 6y agoI have no particular reason to believe Eich would have done better than his replacement. The marketplace has not been kind to mozilla's entire business model.
- BrendanEich 6y agoBrave has grown every month since launch, while Firefox has shrunk. But it's all coincidence, uncorrelated, meaningless; inevitable for Firefox, and yet nothing to do with me for Brave, I'm sure. :-|
- onion2k 6y agoLiterally all he did was monetarily support a cause ($3,100) in private. Political donations are not private. They're a matter of public record (a point Eich himself has agreed with in interviews).
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