Re:Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO
by filmgirlcw on Thursday April 03, 2014 @04:49PM
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EXACTLY. Especially if that company has an ethos that runs counter to those views. There are plenty of companies -- even tech companies -- where Eich's position wouldn't be an issue. Mozilla is not one of those companies.
And just who decides that?
As a Mozilla community member and employee with an ethos that runs counter to Brendan Eich's view, I was willing to give him a chance as a CEO.
Re:Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO
by dragonwriter on Thursday April 03, 2014 @06:37PM
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> And just who decides that?
Presumably, Mozilla Corporation's board and its sole owner (Mozilla Foundation).
So now that he has resigned as CEO, assuming he takes or maintains a high level position with Mozilla, will the firestorm die down?
I would hope he would be able to maintain a good position there, he seemed to be a very valuable fellow to have onboard - he did create JavaScript (for better or for worse, but still - 10 days to create a language is insane). And as the CTO he cherry-picked Rust as a project worthy of devoting resources to – something I am extremely grateful for. I'm sure has done a great deal of other good things at Mozilla too – those are the just the ones I am most familiar with.
That's not to say I wasn't uncomfortable about the CEO appointment though.
But it's obviously a totally different case when you become the CEO. You are meant to be the highest public-facing representative of the corporation. It was publicly known that Eich holds very conflicting views to what many consider a basic civil right, and per his interviews seems to still hold. I can fully understand how this is an impossible equation with leading a company that claims to be committed to equality and inclusiveness.
Do not confuse freedom of speech with lack of public accountability.