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Will Mozilla recant their position?

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Wiie576
Wiie576

I was extremely disappointed to hear that Firefox allowed themselves to be bullied. Your former CEO was within his rights to donate money to whatever cause he believed in without the fear of losing his job.

I cannot support an organization that allows itself to be controlled by threats and scare tactics to the point that it so easily gives up our fundamental rights of free speech, life and liberty.

I own a small business with about 15 computers. I am ping to remove Firefox from all of hem. In addition, instead of recommending Firefox, which I've been doing for years, I will recommend a competitor. I will spread the word until everyone I know and work with has removed Firefox. I will do the same for Thunderbird and all other Mozilla products.

When you decide to stand for principles, I will come back and support your organization.

Until then, I will remove Firefox from all my computers at home and work an recommend others to do the same.

I was extremely disappointed to hear that Firefox allowed themselves to be bullied. Your former CEO was within his rights to donate money to whatever cause he believed in without the fear of losing his job.

I cannot support an organization that allows itself to be controlled by threats and scare tactics to the point that it so easily gives up our fundamental rights of free speech, life and liberty.

I own a small business with about 15 computers. I am ping to remove Firefox from all of hem. In addition, instead of recommending Firefox, which I've been doing for years, I will recommend a competitor. I will spread the word until everyone I know and work with has removed Firefox. I will do the same for Thunderbird and all other Mozilla products.

When you decide to stand for principles, I will come back and support your organization.

Until then, I will remove Firefox from all my computers at home and work an recommend others to do the same.

I was extremely disappointed to hear that Firefox allowed themselves to be bullied. Your former CEO was within his rights to donate money to whatever cause he believed in without the fear of losing his job. I cannot support an organization that allows itself to be controlled by threats and scare tactics to the point that it so easily gives up our fundamental rights of free speech, life and liberty. I own a small business with about 15 computers. I am ping to remove Firefox from all of hem. In addition, instead of recommending Firefox, which I've been doing for years, I will recommend a competitor. I will spread the word until everyone I know and work with has removed Firefox. I will do the same for Thunderbird and all other Mozilla products. When you decide to stand for principles, I will come back and support your organization. Until then, I will remove Firefox from all my computers at home and work an recommend others to do the same. I was extremely disappointed to hear that Firefox allowed themselves to be bullied. Your former CEO was within his rights to donate money to whatever cause he believed in without the fear of losing his job. I cannot support an organization that allows itself to be controlled by threats and scare tactics to the point that it so easily gives up our fundamental rights of free speech, life and liberty. I own a small business with about 15 computers. I am ping to remove Firefox from all of hem. In addition, instead of recommending Firefox, which I've been doing for years, I will recommend a competitor. I will spread the word until everyone I know and work with has removed Firefox. I will do the same for Thunderbird and all other Mozilla products. When you decide to stand for principles, I will come back and support your organization. Until then, I will remove Firefox from all my computers at home and work an recommend others to do the same.

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Chandan_Baba
Chandan_Baba

Read out this : https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/05/faq-on-ceo-resignation/ Hope you get answers

James
James
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I get the feeling that you think Mozilla only found out about his 2008 support prop 8 donation after he went from CTO to CEO of Mozilla (as Firefox is a browser). This is not the case as Mozilla board knew about this for at least two years already due to it being public record (due to California law) and when a story was published by the LA Times then.

If you read a article that claimed he was fired or forced out after he became CEO due to this donation then it was wrong. Unfortunately some media outlets will rather publish sensationalized stories generating many clicks and increased revenue by ads than perform the most basic fact-checking or even posting the truth.

In fact Brendan refused to step down (as refuses to quit link from day before leaving shows) due to the pressure from outside campaigning to get him to resign as CEO. However it just got so bad in increasing attacks that he felt he could no longer be an effective leader with people constantly attacking him. He decided to leave as his way of helping Mozilla however this then triggered attacks more towards Mozilla due to the misconceptions made by individuals and article writers thinking he was fired or forced out.

He wrote of the support he got when he became CEO.

I would like to think that since he was not fired or forced out he could go back to Mozilla if he wanted to when this dies down. Mozilla encouraged him to stay in some capacity when he chose to leave.

Maybe you will reconsider as you had wrong information.

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