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After Eich resigns, conservatives slam Mozilla–and call for boycott

7 points by mambodog 13y ago

SixSigma 13y ago
Latch onto news item, shout a lot on TV. Squeaky wheels & grease.
agapos 13y ago
Here is the Simplified English on what has happened until now, for those who did not follow: - There is a class with an X number of students - Among those students are B. Eich and L. Joe - During a class meeting, the class starts to discuss what they should get for launch: apples, or apples and oranges - Eich said that the launch should be apples, Joe wanted the chance to choice between apples and oranges - The choice has fallen on apples only - On the next week, this has been changed, now it's apples or oranges - On the following week, Eich becomes the head of the Mathematics Study Group - In said group, students are present from both sides - Joe asks his friends to boycott the study group, claiming that Eich is not fitting for the task because he hates oranges - Few group members ask Eich to leave. Most say that the claims neither it is related to maths, nor does it disturb them - Next day, Eich leaves the Math group to protect his fellow number-lovers - Apple-only students start to boycott the maths group for outing Eich Oh, and before any of you claim that marriage rights are not on the same level as choosing a fruit, I'd like to remind you that: a.) this is to show reactions of persons and groups, not about the topic of argument, and b.) eating is one of the most elemental need of any living human.
mc_hammer 13y ago
FWIW mozilla is a huge supporter of open and free access to the internet, as well as consumer privacy. They have also launched something recently, IIRC it was a privacy product. (probably to the benefit of the consumer and the OSS community, and probably free as well). We should fight this, especially in a post-Snowden world. The reason? All it takes for this guy to lose his job and "conservatives" to boycott his million dollar company was an attack on his reputation, screenshotted from a website, of a political campaign donation. Very classic "Smear-campaign attack" practiced by TPB for centuries. Did Mozilla support the "HTTPS everything" as well?

7 points by mambodog 13y ago

Latch onto news item, shout a lot on TV. Squeaky wheels & grease.

Here is the Simplified English on what has happened until now, for those who did not follow: - There is a class with an X number of students - Among those students are B. Eich and L. Joe - During a class meeting, the class starts to discuss what they should get for launch: apples, or apples and oranges - Eich said that the launch should be apples, Joe wanted the chance to choice between apples and oranges - The choice has fallen on apples only - On the next week, this has been changed, now it's apples or oranges - On the following week, Eich becomes the head of the Mathematics Study Group - In said group, students are present from both sides - Joe asks his friends to boycott the study group, claiming that Eich is not fitting for the task because he hates oranges - Few group members ask Eich to leave. Most say that the claims neither it is related to maths, nor does it disturb them - Next day, Eich leaves the Math group to protect his fellow number-lovers - Apple-only students start to boycott the maths group for outing Eich Oh, and before any of you claim that marriage rights are not on the same level as choosing a fruit, I'd like to remind you that: a.) this is to show reactions of persons and groups, not about the topic of argument, and b.) eating is one of the most elemental need of any living human.

mc_hammer 13y ago

FWIW mozilla is a huge supporter of open and free access to the internet, as well as consumer privacy. They have also launched something recently, IIRC it was a privacy product. (probably to the benefit of the consumer and the OSS community, and probably free as well). We should fight this, especially in a post-Snowden world. The reason? All it takes for this guy to lose his job and "conservatives" to boycott his million dollar company was an attack on his reputation, screenshotted from a website, of a political campaign donation. Very classic "Smear-campaign attack" practiced by TPB for centuries. Did Mozilla support the "HTTPS everything" as well?