I'm sorry, but "chose" is not exactly the appropriate word, here. His resignation was requested by the board. The board of the SAME COMPANY he FOUNDED!
Simply put, this is a humiliating outrage. I used to brag about Mozilla - as a computer geek, I have helped many friends set up their desktops and persuaded them to use Mozilla Firefox etc. I have always been pleased with Mozilla. But this story really breaks my heart. Here a man stepped out to do what he believed in. He VOTED. Whether or not what he voted for was popular or not, how on God's green earth could a professional company cave to pressure over something so stupid and trivial? Was it for the money? The fear of loss of status?? I can hardly believe Mitchell Baker did not support her co-founder 100%. She should not have even allowed this to become a viable argument before the board. Geez, what are friends for, anyway? If he were dying of cancer and she held the only cure, would she sit back and let him die, because someone else didn't like him, or what he believes in? The days are dark, indeed, when someone is voted out of a company because of their VOTE on a subject in POLITICS, ELSEWHERE. This wasn't murder or theft. He was exercising his right as an American citizen! HOLY SMOKES!!!! I am still trying to get a grip on how this decision came to pass. I am just .... so mad! ... and really let down. I know one thing for sure. I wouldn't want anyone on Mozilla's team to be personal friends of mine. In a bad situation, you guys would run off and leave me for dead. I'm sorry so say this, but ... "What a coward company!" Eric On Monday, May 5, 2014 10:57:04 AM UTC-5, John Karahalis wrote: > Hi Maciej, > > > > Thank you for sharing your concern. I understand how you feel, and hope to > address some of your points. > > > > First, please be aware that Brendan chose to step down. To force him to stay > against his will would be to truly infringe on his freedom. > > > > Mozilla does respect freedom of speech. This respect extends to employees, > who may choose to use that freedom to either support or criticize Brendan. > Again, to restrict what employees say would be to truly infringe on free > speech. > > > > You probably have seen that the internet is a powerful tool for speaking > freely (it even allowed you to send your message). You might be interested to > know that as a non-profit, Mozilla is one of the few organizations in the > world truly protecting the internet. We have no shareholders and relatively > few financial interests. This cannot be said of Google, Microsoft, Apple, and > other companies that you are considering supporting instead. > > > > I know you may still have some reservations about supporting Mozilla, and I > completely understand. Please also remember that Mozilla is about so much > more than this one issue, and that we agree more than you might realize. > > > > -- > > John Karahalis > > Mozilla > > openjck.com > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Maciej Kościelak" <mk68...@st.amu.edu.pl> > > > To: governance@lists.mozilla.org > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:37:09 AM > > > Subject: Support to Brendan Eich > > > > > Dear Mozilla > > > > > As far as the Brendan Eich’s issue is concerned, I resign from supporting a > > > company that is opposed to the match which is a compound of women and men, > > > and that does not respect freedom of speech and the right to act in > > > accordance with his conscience. > > > > > Regards > > > > > MK > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > governance mailing list > > > governance@lists.mozilla.org > > > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
