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Breaking News: Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO

posted by NCommander on Thursday April 03 2014, @07:34PM   Printer-friendly
As of today, Brendan Eich has stepped down as CEO of Mozilla. From the Mozilla blog:

We didn't act like you'd expect Mozilla to act. We didn't move fast enough to engage with people once the controversy started. We're sorry. We must do better.

Brendan Eich has chosen to step down from his role as CEO. He's made this decision for Mozilla and our community.

Mozilla believes both in equality and freedom of speech. Equality is necessary for meaningful speech. And you need free speech to fight for equality. Figuring out how to stand for both at the same time can be hard.

Our organizational culture reflects diversity and inclusiveness. We welcome contributions from everyone regardless of age, culture, ethnicity, gender, gender-identity, language, race, sexual orientation, geographical location and religious views. Mozilla supports equality for all.

We have employees with a wide diversity of views. Our culture of openness extends to encouraging staff and community to share their beliefs and opinions in public. This is meant to distinguish Mozilla from most organizations and hold us to a higher standard. But this time we failed to listen, to engage, and to be guided by our community.

As of this time, there is no named successor or statement on who will be taking over Mozilla's leadership.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Sir Garlon on Thursday April 03 2014, @08:42PM

    by Sir Garlon (1264) on Thursday April 03 2014, @08:42PM (#25841)

    When I was in kindergarten there was a kid a couple of years older who would knock me down so I'd skin my knees and cry. I told my mom and her advice was useless. I told my brother and his advice was "you should knock _him_ down." So the next day I got behind him and wham! Knocked him down, made him cry. After that he steered clear of me.

    So, yes, it's revenge and hate.

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  • (Score: 2) by Tork on Thursday April 03 2014, @08:45PM

    by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 03 2014, @08:45PM (#25845) Journal
    Yeah? Who gave you that label and why?
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by TheGratefulNet on Thursday April 03 2014, @09:19PM

    by TheGratefulNet (659) on Thursday April 03 2014, @09:19PM (#25866)

    just like joe pesci, it sounds like you're the kind of guy who can get things done!

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