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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by mattl on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:27AM (#24568169)
He was the CEO for 11 days, I don't think we can say he was a great CEO of Mozilla.
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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by coryfklein on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @11:43AM (#24568362)
For context:

> Brendan Eich is [the] creator of the JavaScript programming language. He co-founded the Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation, and served as the Mozilla Corporation's chief technical officer and briefly, as its chief executive officer. [1]

Yes he was only CEO for 11 days, but he literally co-founded Mozilla so it's not like he was only around for a couple weeks.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich

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Re:Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec pay goin... by throwaway983249 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @02:05PM (#24570019)
Eich was CEO for only 11 days, but he was a technical leader at Mozilla when Firefox market share peaked and began its steady decline. He was probably more directly responsible for Firefox product decisions than Baker.
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