On Monday, April 7, 2014 10:10:48 AM UTC-5, Josh Matthews wrote: > On 04/06/2014 09:17 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > "Doing good is part of our code". Right, sure, uh huh. Despite all the > > responses from Mozilla employees in various forums attempting to defend the > > organization - it boils down to this. The COB tossed the CEO under the bus > > after he 'resigned'. Her disgusting, groveling, slavish letter apologizing > > for Mozilla making the mistake of choosing a leader who had personal views > > that differed from the Politically Correct Thought Crime Fascists tell the > > tale. Mozilla and the people who work there have lost my trust. Firefox has > > been deleted from every computer in my home > > > > > > > Assuming you're referring to the post "Brendan Eich Steps Down as > > Mozilla CEO", I believe you're misinterpreting the apology. The first > > two paragraphs apologize for the organization's response to the > > controversy and the way we chose to stay silent and not engage with > > critics for several days, not for the actual selection of the CEO. > > Furthermore, the FAQ recently posted > > (https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/05/faq-on-ceo-resignation/) makes > > clear that Brendan's resignation was sincere and unforced by internal > > pressure; please take time to read it, and perhaps > > http://blog.gerv.net/2014/04/your-ire-is-misdirected/ as well.
As I mentioned in another thread, respectfully, it's very natural to interpret Baker's statement as an apology to those who called for Eich's resignation. If this isn't what she or Mozilla meant, I think Mozilla should seriously consider a clarification. I think it could do a lot to ease people's concerns about Mozilla's stance toward free expression. _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
