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> The ex-Mozilla CEO knows this well. An online bullying campaign was launched against him and he was forced to quit. It's kind of weird to think that Brendan

by spb 12y ago

> The ex-Mozilla CEO knows this well. An online bullying campaign was launched against him and he was forced to quit. It's kind of weird to think that Brendan Eich is still active in the web standards community, even though he's been forced to leave Mozilla. A man without a company.

mcantelon 12y ago
Given his past contributions to the web, it's unsurprising that he still participates and people listen to him.
- stolio 12y ago
  The people who fought for Eich's departure like to downplay just how much knowledge he carries around in his head. I think deep down they're afraid to admit just how much damage they did to Mozilla, Firefox and the entire open source community. They still think they did a good thing.
  - josephgrossberg 12y ago
    What's something concrete that you think the entire open source community lost as a result of Eich no longer heading Mozilla?
    - stolio 12y ago
      Losing one of the most important people at one of the most important open source projects is a loss in and of itself. That was twenty years of experience and technical knowledge that walked out the door. Losing one of the only people in a position to fight against DRM who had the will to do so is another blow. The end result as I see it is the social justice community gets a "victory", religious people at Mozilla learn they're not to take part in our political process, and those who were left gave up the fight against DRM. Not that they had a choice, how do you ride into battle short a CEO and a CTO, and while licking your wounds from a vicious boycott/smear campaign? Firefox circa Eich on DRM: https://brendaneich.com/2013/10/the-bridge-of-khazad-drm/ https://brendaneich.com/2013/10/the-bridge-of-khazad-drm/ Firefox post boycott on DRM: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/05/14/drm-and-the-challenge-of-serving-users/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/05/14/drm-and-the-challen...
facepalm 12y ago
So basically without a company a person is nothing?
Psyonic 12y ago
It would be a sad world if you needed commercial endorsement to be relevant about anything.

by spb 12y ago

mcantelon 12y ago

Given his past contributions to the web, it's unsurprising that he still participates and people listen to him.

stolio 12y ago
The people who fought for Eich's departure like to downplay just how much knowledge he carries around in his head. I think deep down they're afraid to admit just how much damage they did to Mozilla, Firefox and the entire open source community. They still think they did a good thing.
- josephgrossberg 12y ago
  What's something concrete that you think the entire open source community lost as a result of Eich no longer heading Mozilla?
  - stolio 12y ago
    Losing one of the most important people at one of the most important open source projects is a loss in and of itself. That was twenty years of experience and technical knowledge that walked out the door. Losing one of the only people in a position to fight against DRM who had the will to do so is another blow. The end result as I see it is the social justice community gets a "victory", religious people at Mozilla learn they're not to take part in our political process, and those who were left gave up the fight against DRM. Not that they had a choice, how do you ride into battle short a CEO and a CTO, and while licking your wounds from a vicious boycott/smear campaign? Firefox circa Eich on DRM: https://brendaneich.com/2013/10/the-bridge-of-khazad-drm/ https://brendaneich.com/2013/10/the-bridge-of-khazad-drm/ Firefox post boycott on DRM: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/05/14/drm-and-the-challenge-of-serving-users/ https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/05/14/drm-and-the-challen...

facepalm 12y ago

So basically without a company a person is nothing?

Psyonic 12y ago

It would be a sad world if you needed commercial endorsement to be relevant about anything.