Dating site protests anti-gay-marriage contributor

[Omaha Steve]

Source: W Post

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The appointment of a new CEO by the company that makes the Firefox Web browser has prompted board members to quit, a Twitter frenzy and a push back from a leading dating website because he supported California’s former gay marriage ban.

Mozilla, the nonprofit maker of the Firefox browser, infuriated many employees and users last week by hiring co-founder Brendan Eich to lead the Mountain View company. In 2008, Eich gave $1,000 to the campaign to pass California’s Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment that outlawed same-sex marriages in California until the U.S. Supreme Court left in place a lower-court ruling striking it down.

The contribution was publicly reported and drew some negative attention two years ago, when Eich was Mozilla’s chief technology officer. But when he was promoted to CEO last week, his support of the ban took on more gravitas.

Three of the Mozilla Foundation’s six board members have quit, according to a Wall Street Journal blog, and thousands of employees and community members weighed in on Twitter over the weekend.

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[Treant]

1. I dumped Firefox

and am now on Chrome--and sent them a message as to why.

When Eich can't make an apology and Mozilla is tap-dancing around the issue, I can't be bothered to use your products.

It's weird, I find I like Chrome and probably won't go back even if they fix this. Bad misstep, Mozilla. Bad.

[TygrBright]

2. Except that Chrome is part of the Google Empire. n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

6. And Firefox is the Chick Fil A of browsers

nt

[Treant]

8. Name one that isn't

in an "Empire" of some sort. Chromium, as the open source of Chrome, might apply, but there are other issues with that.

[TygrBright]

3. ::koff:: OPERA ::koff:: n/t

[azurnoir]

4. It should also be known that he's one of the main creators of JavaScript

so best to dump that too

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Firefox is not worth it, dumped it. Mozilla portrays itself as a 'community'

Mozilla asks for donations while muttering slurs under it's breath.

[penultimate]

7. He has a blog post on his personal website about this

https://brendaneich.com

[Treant]

9. Too non-committal

He can have the time to "show, not tell" with no problems. Call me in a year or three and maybe I'll use Mozilla products again. Probably not.

Why? Because there's been no apology and no reparations.

[Freddie Stubbs]

10. Perhaps he should run for Governor of Florida as a Democrat