> He was forced to do it voluntarily.

There is something very wrong about that sentence of yours.

No. Like I said, resigning to safe face for him and/or Mozilla. But not by "choice". It's obvious really.

Sorry, but no. You can't 'force' someone to do something 'voluntarily'.

The obvious reality is that Eich realized he fucked up and could no longer effectively lead Mozilla, given that they are as much about their self reinforced myth of being the internet good guys as they are about tech.

And so he stepped down.

The kind of scene that you are envisioning occurs in Maffia movies but not IRL. Eich was under a lot of pressure, but most of that as a direct consequence of the inherent conflict between Mozilla's stated external position and Eich's personal actions. When you are CEO of such a large company you know that you can't combine the two unless you mean it.

Props to Eich for doing what was right instead of further harming Mozilla.

So it was forced uppon him. Like you said "pressure". How can a choice under pressure be "voluntary"?

That's outside pressure. Not inside pressure. Mozilla board + employees actually wanted Eich to stay.

Anyway you seem to be quite stuck on your interpretation, all of the people involved have a single consistent story and instead you want to believe your own. You are of course welcome to your opinion.

It's flabbergasting what intellectually dishonest mental gymnastics and strained misinterpretations and denials of proven facts that homophobes will resort to in order to bravely stand up for each other and proudly justify their bigotry.

Puzzles the crap out of me. Logic doesn't seem to enter into it.

I don't care what Eich thinks about homosexuality.

Pressure nontheless. Seeing that he went to another browser company I don't think he would have gone voluntarily.

Which isn't Mozilla. Anyway, I'm out of here. Good luck with your reality.