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To piggyback, there's an additional difference between being a public-facing CEO of, say, McDonald's, Exxon or Apple, and being the public-facing CEO of a non-p

by jbooth 13y ago

To piggyback, there's an additional difference between being a public-facing CEO of, say, McDonald's, Exxon or Apple, and being the public-facing CEO of a non-profit which exists due to the donations of primarily liberal and libertarian internet people. The prior case might cost them a little revenue due to boycotts but if the person's effective, you can make a case for 'private views' and 'shareholder value'. When your whole company is an activist platform, it's a bit harder to say that political positions of the CEO don't matter.

jiggy2011 13y ago
I thought mozilla exists mainly because of google?
marshray 13y ago
"non-profit which exists due to the donations of primarily liberal and libertarian internet people" Citation needed.
opendais 13y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing Pretty sure that is incorrect.
- 001sky 13y ago
  The Mozilla Foundation is funded by donations and "search royalties". Since 2005, the vast majority of funds have come from Google Inc....Mozilla Corporation [is] "a taxable subsidiary that serves the non-profit, public benefit goals of its parent, the Mozilla Foundation" Mozilla =~= Google
wwweston 13y ago
> When your whole company is an activist platform, it's a bit harder to say that political positions of the CEO don't matter. I see the point that it's different for a non-profit than it might be for a for-profit, but I'd also think differences in primary focus matter too. If I was looking at the conversation over the last week as a representative, I'd suppose that Mozilla is more of an LGBT standard-bearer than an open-web advocacy group. One could argue that's a ridiculously narrow window to focus on, and that's probably correct, but it's no more narrow a focus than that turned on Eich's donations vs the whole of his behavior and what he had to offer as CEO.
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bzbarsky 13y ago
On the topic of being an "activist platform", I strongly suggest you read <http://incisive.nu/2014/thinking-about-mozilla/> http://incisive.nu/2014/thinking-about-mozilla/>, and in particular the paragraph starting "Several of my colleagues have called for Brendan’s resignation. I have not done so ..."
DatBear 13y ago
>being the public-facing CEO of a non-profit He was the CEO of the for-profit Mozilla Corporation, not a non-profit.

by jbooth 13y ago

jiggy2011 13y ago

I thought mozilla exists mainly because of google?

marshray 13y ago

"non-profit which exists due to the donations of primarily liberal and libertarian internet people" Citation needed.

opendais 13y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Foundation#Financing Pretty sure that is incorrect.

001sky 13y ago
The Mozilla Foundation is funded by donations and "search royalties". Since 2005, the vast majority of funds have come from Google Inc....Mozilla Corporation [is] "a taxable subsidiary that serves the non-profit, public benefit goals of its parent, the Mozilla Foundation" Mozilla =~= Google

wwweston 13y ago

> When your whole company is an activist platform, it's a bit harder to say that political positions of the CEO don't matter. I see the point that it's different for a non-profit than it might be for a for-profit, but I'd also think differences in primary focus matter too. If I was looking at the conversation over the last week as a representative, I'd suppose that Mozilla is more of an LGBT standard-bearer than an open-web advocacy group. One could argue that's a ridiculously narrow window to focus on, and that's probably correct, but it's no more narrow a focus than that turned on Eich's donations vs the whole of his behavior and what he had to offer as CEO.

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bzbarsky 13y ago

On the topic of being an "activist platform", I strongly suggest you read <http://incisive.nu/2014/thinking-about-mozilla/> http://incisive.nu/2014/thinking-about-mozilla/>, and in particular the paragraph starting "Several of my colleagues have called for Brendan’s resignation. I have not done so ..."

DatBear 13y ago

>being the public-facing CEO of a non-profit He was the CEO of the for-profit Mozilla Corporation, not a non-profit.