He was forced to do so by his employees, who were disgusted by his actions and demanded that he step down.
-----Original Message----- From: Jerry Milo Johnson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 3:12 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Mozilla CEO Eich resigns after controversy - CNET I actually think this is a shame. Would have MUCH rather have had him come out and talk about why he did so. His donation wasn't "large", it was only $1000. Which for people at that level is just about a nod. I personally detest Prop 8, and the attempt to purposefully codify discrimination. But I think this should have been handled more as a teaching moment than a "peasants at the gates with pitchforks". I hope this doesn't stop the conversations. On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > > http://www.cnet.com/news/mozilla-ceo-eich-resigns-after-controversy/?t > ag=nl.e498&s_cid=e498&ttag=e498&ftag=CADf0e22bf > > The controversy was his large donations to California's Prop 8. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:369752 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
