I take the board's statements with a block of salt. These are, after all, the very people who appointed Eich in the first place. The company has insisted that

I take the board's statements with a block of salt. These are, after all, the very people who appointed Eich in the first place. The company has insisted that Eich wasn't forced to resign due to employee pressure. But why else would he resign? Eich has been with Mozilla since the beginning, serving as an architect and CTO. He stated "under the present circumstances, I cannot be an effective leader." Why? Because those whom he would lead refuse to be led by him, the organizations he would work with would refuse to work with him, or a combination of both. If this were the case, then in the company's best interest the board would have to fire Eich. It was inevitable.