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Re: Mozilla Moving Forward

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Post by natural219 »

I'm still mad about the Brendan Eich thing. Like, mad. I'm totally fine with anybody pursuing whatever kind of political agenda they want, but at the moment you start to derail real progress, the moment you attack one of the best organizations who has literally been busting its ass for the last decade to change the world for no profit...

Well, you declared war. I think this whole debacle should be a rallying cry that we're not going to accept this kind of bullying anymore.

The worst part is, the progressive platform has some really important things to say about the way we live. We're not an equal society yet. We still have more changes we need to make to secure the freedom and happiness of everybody, especially groups that have been historically marginalized.

All the more reason to shut down the bullies who have domineered the narrative, produced nothing but useless bickering, and have sought nothing but divisiveness at every turn in the everlasting quest for more pageviews. I'm looking at you, Gawker.

Don't tolerate this any more. Brendan Eich was just one casualty. It's time to start sticking up for ourselves.

Re: Mozilla Moving Forward

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Post by pgrote »

natural219 wrote: post #3

I'm still mad about the Brendan Eich thing. Like, mad . I'm totally fine with anybody pursuing whatever kind of political agenda they want, but at the moment you start to derail real progress, the moment you attack one of the best organizations who has literally been busting its ass for the last decade to change the world for no profit... Well, you declared war. I think this whole debacle should be a rallying cry tha…

"It's time to start sticking up for ourselves"

Can you clarify what group does "ourselves" reference?

Re: Mozilla Moving Forward

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Post by rebelidealist »

There is a stark contrast with how Drew Houston of Dropbox defended Condi Rice vs Mozilla's lack of effort in defending someone that instrumental part of what Mozilla is today.

https://blog.dropbox.com/2014/04/our-commitment-to-your-righ...

His pointed response is short and stern. "We’re honored to have Dr. Rice join our board"

Mozilla's was apologetic.

"We didn’t act like you’d expect Mozilla to act. We didn’t move fast enough to engage with people once the controversy started. We’re sorry. We must do better."

If Drew is the chairman of Mozilla, he would said. "In 16 years that Eich was in leadership position in Mozilla, he welcomed and worked with everyone with different personal beliefs, religious values, and sexual orientation. We are honored to have the creator of Javascript as our CEO". End of story.

Re: Mozilla Moving Forward

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Post by bkor »

natural219 wrote: post #3

I'm still mad about the Brendan Eich thing. Like, mad . I'm totally fine with anybody pursuing whatever kind of political agenda they want, but at the moment you start to derail real progress, the moment you attack one of the best organizations who has literally been busting its ass for the last decade to change the world for no profit... Well, you declared war. I think this whole debacle should be a rallying cry tha…

"the moment you attack one of the best organizations"

Nobody attacked Mozilla. You're totally off base.

Re: Mozilla Moving Forward

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Post by k__ »

pgrote wrote: post #5
natural219 wrote: post #3

I'm still mad about the Brendan Eich thing. Like, mad . I'm totally fine with anybody pursuing whatever kind of political agenda they want, but at the moment you start to derail real progress, the moment you attack one of the best organizations who has literally been busting its ass for the last decade to change the world for no profit... Well, you declared war. I think this whole debacle should be a rallying cry tha…

"It's time to start sticking up for ourselves" Can you clarify what group does "ourselves" reference?

Probably people with other opinions than the masses.

Re: Mozilla Moving Forward

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Post by jvehent »

People who are going to comment on this blog post need to realize how disturbing this episode has been for Mozillians.

We are talking about a small group of people, a couple thousands at best, that work with limited resources to keep the web open for everybody.

When this tidal wave hit Mozillians, the base contributors and employees who spend most of their days in code and features, we lost focus of our work, and stepped into a world of politics that most of us dislike, and are uncomfortable to navigate.

I believe Chris Beard is a true Mozillian, as is Brendan Eich. And I am glad that we can refocus on our mission, and move forward. I just wish people can put their differences aside, accept each other's beliefs, and share code!

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