Mozilla’s one week CEO steps down
▻http://hroy.eu/posts/mozilla-eich-down
Just saw on twitter that Brendan Eich steps down as Mozilla CEO.
We won’t even know if it would have been a good fit for Mozilla to face the challenges ahead with Firefox OS. But what I am sure of, is that there was definitely a mistake made by the board and by Brendan Eich, because they didn’t see it coming. The fact that he supported California anti-gay rights to marriage is known since 2012. He had plenty of time to think things through and to revert his action (for instance by counter-donating in support of marriage equality).
I wouldn’t have stopped using Firefox or promoting it just because of this. To put it bluntly, I do not care about Brendan Eich’s opinion on the matter of rights to marriage. However, I care about Mozilla’s approach and its ability to strive as a community of (...)