>The most damning aspect of this was their a) inability to predict this would be an issue and b) their inability to deal with it once it did. I'll grant you a)

>The most damning aspect of this was their a) inability to predict this would be an issue and b) their inability to deal with it once it did. I'll grant you a) but with respect to b) there was nothing they could have really done once Eich decided to stand his ground. Who would have thought that Eich felt so strongly on this topic that he was willing to sacrifice his CEO position and possibly his future at Mozilla. He never came close to either apologizing for his actions or publicly supporting gay marriage. He really really is against gay-marriage, that's his thing. >All he had to do was lie... Personally, I'd rather he not lie.