On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:35 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I understand that Mr. Eich resigned, but I am fairly certain that the > resignation was aggressively pursued by Mozilla's board. Moreover, Mozilla's > hypocritical explanation of the resignation was reprehensible.
Why are you so certain? I don't mean to be rude with that question, I am genuinely curious why you think that is. Last week, I witnessed meetings in which the members of the board explained that they pleaded with Brendan to stay on in some capacity, repeatedly, to the point where he got angry with them. I wasn't in the room when this happened, so I can't prove it's true. But it is information directly from the people who were in the room. > Mr. Eich was targeted and persecuted for simply participating in the > democratic process ... as is his right as an American. > Since I am nothing more than a lowly Firefox user, there is not much I can do > to demonstrate my displeasure than to change my browser. Consequently, after > years of dedicated use of Firefox, I am switching to Internet Explorer. Actually, you *can* do more to demonstrate your displeasure than just change your browser. For example, you've emailed this list -- and thanks for taking the time to do so; it's important that we understand our users' reactions. More broadly, anyone can contribute to the Mozilla project. Literally anyone! A large chunk of the work developing Firefox and other products is done by volunteers. And you don't need the ability to program -- there are lots of other things that people do, such as translating Firefox into other languages, and providing Firefox users with technical support. The Mozilla *project* is much bigger than just the Mozilla *corporation*. Please read the Mozilla project manifesto (http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/) to get a better idea of what all these people are contributing to. If you are unhappy with the way the Mozilla corporation's board has acted, that's understandable, and you are perfectly within your rights to switch browsers in protest. But it's worth understanding that this is a decision that affects many people beyond the board, who don't work for the board, and who have never met the board. Thanks for listening. Nick _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
