Maybe we're not getting the whole story, and perhaps this was as much an internal political struggle as an external protest against his Prop 8 contribution? Ei

Maybe we're not getting the whole story, and perhaps this was as much an internal political struggle as an external protest against his Prop 8 contribution? Eich has often been abrasive when commenting on HN to the point of personally insulting some posters here, perhaps he made political enemies inside Mozilla as well, and they used this external protest as a convenient excuse to make life very difficult for him inside Mozilla such that he felt it better to leave. I personally, even though I've had disagreements with him, and even though I don't support his views on gay marriage, am saddened by him leaving Mozilla. He is the Steve Jobs or Larry Page of Mozilla, the passionate defender of the organization and its goals. Is there someone of equal standing who can visibly lead the community at Mozilla? Someone needs to fight for the Web, I don't think his personal contribution to Prop 8 merits complete ostracism from the other good work he has done.