The bottom line is that Mozilla did not provide an environment at which the 'war' that Brendan lead could continue.
Brendan was the only person in-the-loop on many critical battles. No one else comes close, and you have no clue. Some people know parts of the battle, but they lack breadth and experience and are too busy in the trenches to do the job that Brendan was taking on. A character assassination was expected and Brendan should have been give the job with the protection of anonymity. Clearly some interest groups want to campaign against Firefox on the basis of the people contributing to it and harm contributors. The position of CEO is now only tenable as an anonymous position. I see people writing that Brendan failed on a 'human' level, but this suggestion is not even compatible with the espoused work environment. The project does not need participation from people needing empathy, this should all be left at the door. When the money dries up only a core that maintains the browsers will be left. Brendan is/was part of this core. He could walk today, and the core would likely follow. The rest of the activities need not be associated with the browser development project and could stand on their own if it were not for their need to leech off the revenue from the browser, from the fruit of Brendan's project. The Mozilla Foundation is part of the problem. It is spending money on lots and lots of BS and the contributors to this BS have become too self-important. Brendan was promoted in desperate times, probably in part to reign in and refocus the foundation. There is still no time to lose, this is a desperate battle. A battle between Mozilla-Foundation and Mozilla-Brendan would be a disastrous distraction, but this battle is not settled by Brendan's resignation. Brendan's resignation leads only to Mozilla versus new-foundation, also a disastrous distraction. This can be resolved quickly. Let the people vote. Re-brand a browser and see if people want to use Firefox(Foundation and activists) or a re-branded browser lead by Brendan's persona dedicated to his mission - winner takes all, the revenue anyway, all positions spill, winner re-hires who they need, the rest fo. We need to move quickly. I'd like to see this happen within weeks. Oh, Mozilla(Foundation and activists) do not have the skill to maintain a browser, great game over, they can all fo. Jim -------------------------------------------- On Fri, 4/4/14, David Rajchenbach-Teller <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: Re: Brendan Eich To: "Dennis Culley" <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, April 4, 2014, 7:45 AM Thank you for your comments and your stand on freedom of speech. It seems, however, that you were misinformed. Brendan Eich was not fired, nor forced out by Mozilla. Brendan Eich chose to step down, as he felt that the controversy was damaging for the mission of Mozilla. We will keep fighting the good fight for freedom of speech, for privacy and for the open web. It is my hope that Brendan will keep contributing to this fight, whether as part of Mozilla or as part of some other venture. Best regards, David On 4/4/14 2:31 PM, Dennis Culley wrote: > > I understand that Mozilla has forced > out CEO Brendan Eich due to his conservative political views. That > is unfortunate. I never realized that Mozilla was a political > organization that was so intolerant of other people's views and > opinions that they would take discriminatory action. As far as I am > aware, Mr. Eich has never been intolerant of another person's > opinions nor has he he been accused of discrimination. His only “sin” > is expressing his own personal opinion as an individual, NOT as a > employee of Mozilla. That opinion is shared by millions of other > people. People like me. > > > It is unfortunate that in America we > are now being forced to choose our associations based on politics. > Since that is the case I guess I have to choose to end my association > with Mozilla. > > > Dennis Culley > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- David Rajchenbach-Teller, PhD Performance Team, Mozilla _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
