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So he didnt resign over this donation, it was an unnamed gay couple flexing their power due to their donations? https://web.archive.org/web/20190526144926/http

So he didnt resign over this donation, it was an unnamed gay couple flexing their power due to their donations? https://web.archive.org/web/20190526144926/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26868536 https://web.archive.org/web/20190526144926/https://www.bbc.c... >He lost his job because he made a bet that he was more important than the possible end of Mozilla and he lost that bet. I'm not sure how anything said in this thread counters what is rather well established publicly. Ultimately as well, firefox is at about 2% market share right now. Has he lost that bet really?

guardiangod 3y ago
Exactly. Can you imagine swapping the name from Mozilla to Google, and donors to advertisers? People would call bloody murder on Google. Google is too big and is a corporation? What if this happened to Google back in 2001? Would people still trust Google as the webs search engine? Edit: and the post is gone from the front page. No controversial topic folks.
- Affric 3y ago
  Yep, you have pretty clearly outlined that Mozilla in the late 2010s when it’s underperforming and the CEO is blowing up a donor relationship is very different to upstart Google in 2001 blowing up relationships with advertisers.
  - BrendanEich 3y ago
    Except the "mid 2010s" (not "late") story is made up b.s. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072908
    - Affric 3y ago
      I realise that you're probably not going to read this but that was a glorious response. Thank you for sharing your reply with me.
sp332 3y ago
Yeah, but he had an out which was just an apology and a commitment to do better. That's not an unreasonable ask when employees are worried about their boss being politically and actively opposed to their marriages. Edit: The version of this where everyone stuck to their principles without compromise or "exerting pressure" was the investors pulling out entirely because the CEO was actively trying to make their marriage illegal.

guardiangod 3y ago

Exactly. Can you imagine swapping the name from Mozilla to Google, and donors to advertisers? People would call bloody murder on Google. Google is too big and is a corporation? What if this happened to Google back in 2001? Would people still trust Google as the webs search engine? Edit: and the post is gone from the front page. No controversial topic folks.

Affric 3y ago
Yep, you have pretty clearly outlined that Mozilla in the late 2010s when it’s underperforming and the CEO is blowing up a donor relationship is very different to upstart Google in 2001 blowing up relationships with advertisers.
- BrendanEich 3y ago
  Except the "mid 2010s" (not "late") story is made up b.s. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072908
  - Affric 3y ago
    I realise that you're probably not going to read this but that was a glorious response. Thank you for sharing your reply with me.

sp332 3y ago

Yeah, but he had an out which was just an apology and a commitment to do better. That's not an unreasonable ask when employees are worried about their boss being politically and actively opposed to their marriages. Edit: The version of this where everyone stuck to their principles without compromise or "exerting pressure" was the investors pulling out entirely because the CEO was actively trying to make their marriage illegal.