On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 2:02 PM, <hfjfd038jk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Mozilla did not have to allow his resignation. Mozillans could have spoken > loudly in support of their co-founder. Instead...a few whimpers, then > silence, then acquiescence. Mozilla, which once took on tech industry > goliaths like Microsoft, couldn't stand up to the shrill screaming of a few > activists. It was a remarkable display of gutlessness.
Planet Mozilla (planet.mozilla.org) is the blog aggregation site for all Mozilla contributors; it's the closest thing we have to a "grassroots voice of Mozilla". After Brendan was appointed, I saw 13 posts there that supported Brendan's appointment, and one that opposed it. There were also the five or six tweets asking for his resignation as CEO. Those tweets got all the media attention, alas; controversy and opposition is always more newsworthy than agreement and support. Also, the following interviews were done while Brendan was CEO, in an attempt to address the controversy: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/02/mozilla-chief-tries-to-separate-views-o n-gay-marriage-and-business/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0 http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/01/mozilla-ceo-brendan-eich-refus es-to-quit http://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-ceo-gay-marriage-firestorm-could-hurt-firefox-c ause-q-a/ http://venturebeat.com/2014/04/02/the-public-trial-of-mozilla-ceo-brendan-eich-i nterview/ The New York Times and The Guardian are two of the most prominent online new sources in the world. These were not whimpers. And yet, it turned out this was insufficient. Mozilla has never faced a media firestorm of this magnitude before -- when I saw a photo of Brendan on the front page of my local newspaper I knew that had truly blown up into something incredible. I'm not sure if even companies like Apple or Google could have dealt effectively with a story like this, and we have a tiny fraction of their resources. I know that Mozilla's communications department barely slept for two weeks after Brendan's appointment. The decision to stand down, both as CEO, and as a Mozilla employee, was entirely Brendan's. This was a major shock, but I can understand that he felt it was the only effective way to shut down the controversy and to let Mozilla continue its mission. You may disagree that it was the right decision, but I hope you respect that it was his decision to make. Here's a summary, written by a Mozilla employee, that you might find interesting: https://medium.com/p/7645a4bf8a2 Thanks for listening. Nick _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
