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Eich has been with Mozilla since the very beginning, and before that he worked at Netscape, writing the first implementation of JavaScript among others. There w

Eich has been with Mozilla since the very beginning, and before that he worked at Netscape, writing the first implementation of JavaScript among others. There was some uproar when his Prop 8 donation was revealed in 2012, but no noticeable calls for him to be fired as a Mozilla employee. But it's obviously a totally different case when you become the CEO. You are meant to be the highest public-facing representative of the corporation. It was publicly known that Eich holds very conflicting views to what many consider a basic civil right, and per his interviews seems to still hold. I can fully understand how this is an impossible equation with leading a company that claims to be committed to equality and inclusiveness. Do not confuse freedom of speech with lack of public accountability.

filmgirlcw 13y ago
EXACTLY. Especially if that company has an ethos that runs counter to those views. There are plenty of companies -- even tech companies -- where Eich's position wouldn't be an issue. Mozilla is not one of those companies.
- Yoric 13y ago
  And just who decides that? As a Mozilla community member and employee with an ethos that runs counter to Brendan Eich's view, I was willing to give him a chance as a CEO.
  - dragonwriter 13y ago
    > And just who decides that? Presumably, Mozilla Corporation's board and its sole owner (Mozilla Foundation).
jrs235 13y ago
So now that he has resigned as CEO, assuming he takes or maintains a high level position with Mozilla, will the firestorm die down?
- bjz_ 13y ago
  I would hope he would be able to maintain a good position there, he seemed to be a very valuable fellow to have onboard - he did create JavaScript (for better or for worse, but still - 10 days to create a language is insane). And as the CTO he cherry-picked Rust as a project worthy of devoting resources to – something I am extremely grateful for. I'm sure has done a great deal of other good things at Mozilla too – those are the just the ones I am most familiar with. That's not to say I wasn't uncomfortable about the CEO appointment though.

filmgirlcw 13y ago

EXACTLY. Especially if that company has an ethos that runs counter to those views. There are plenty of companies -- even tech companies -- where Eich's position wouldn't be an issue. Mozilla is not one of those companies.

Yoric 13y ago
And just who decides that? As a Mozilla community member and employee with an ethos that runs counter to Brendan Eich's view, I was willing to give him a chance as a CEO.
- dragonwriter 13y ago
  > And just who decides that? Presumably, Mozilla Corporation's board and its sole owner (Mozilla Foundation).

jrs235 13y ago

So now that he has resigned as CEO, assuming he takes or maintains a high level position with Mozilla, will the firestorm die down?

bjz_ 13y ago
I would hope he would be able to maintain a good position there, he seemed to be a very valuable fellow to have onboard - he did create JavaScript (for better or for worse, but still - 10 days to create a language is insane). And as the CTO he cherry-picked Rust as a project worthy of devoting resources to – something I am extremely grateful for. I'm sure has done a great deal of other good things at Mozilla too – those are the just the ones I am most familiar with. That's not to say I wasn't uncomfortable about the CEO appointment though.