The rise and fall of Brendan Eich at Mozilla,
as seen on Hacker News
Recently Brendan Eich has had a high profile in the tech news. I don't follow
the news much, since by definition, anything on the news is out of the ordinary,
and generally I find it doesn't interest me much.
However, the news about Eich has been unmissable on those few fora that I do
visit. In particular, Hacker News
has been especially active.
So I thought I'd extract some of the items about this. Here are a few of the
items on HN that I've gleaned. Dates may be wrong, but it gives a flavor of
the activity. This is by no means all of the items - I wasn't aiming for
completeness. Also, some of the items have been deleted, either by user flags
or moderator intervention.
It's been a busy few days, and no doubt there's more to come.
2014-03-12
- 7388597 JavaScript: the High Road and the Low Road (Brendan Eich's Fluent14 slides) (slideshare.net)
- 7409697 Fluent 2014: Brendan Eich Keynote (youtube.com)
2014-03-24
- 7459521 Brandon Eich new CEO of Mozilla (wsj.com)
- 7459525 Brendan Eich Mozilla's New CEO (cnet.com)
- 7459529 Brendan Eich becomes Mozilla CEO (brendaneich.com)
- 7461895 On Brendan Eich as CEO of Mozilla (subfictional.com)
- 7462178 JavaScript inventor to become Mozilla CEO (mozilla.org)
2014-03-25
- 7463669 Brendan Eich refuses to discuss his support of Proposition 8 publicly (brendaneich.com)
- 7463927 With Brendan Eich As CEO, Mozilla Keeps Its Focus On The Open Web (readwrite.com)
- 7464444 Mozilla Leadership Changes: JavaScript creator Brendan Eich is new CEO (mozilla.org)
- 7464598 Mozilla Appoints JavaScript Creator Brendan Eich As Its New CEO (techcrunch.com)
- 7464632 New Mozilla CEO is allegedly anti-gay marriage - Firefox developers boycott (betanews.com)
- 7465180 Part Artist, Part Hacker, Full-Time Programmer: Brendan Eich [1996] (nytimes.com)
- 7467190 The Issue of Brendan Eich (medium.com)
- 7468932 Against Tolerance (a Mozilla employee on Brendan Eich) (dreamwidth.org)
- 7469507 Gay Firefox developers boycott Mozilla to protest CEO hire (arstechnica.com)
2014-03-26
- 7474557 Gay Developers Boycott As Mozilla Appoints Allegedly Anti-Gay CEO (instinctmagazine.com)
2014-03-27
- 7477647 New Mozilla CEO issues statement, expresses "sorrow for causing pain" (arstechnica.com)
- 7479467 Newly Appointed Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Donated to Prop 8 Campaign (towleroad.com)
- 7482017 Mozilla employees tell Brendan Eich he needs to "step down" (arstechnica.com)
- 7482546 Staff at Mozilla call for new CEO Brendan Eich to step down (thenextweb.com)
- 7482690 Staff at Mozilla call for new CEO Brendan Eich to 'step down' (thenextweb.com)
- 7482828 Staff at Mozilla call for new CEO Brendan Eich to 'step down' (thenextweb.com)
2014-03-28
- 7483476 Why Brandon Eich should step down (runtimeintrospection.tumblr.com)
- 7484584 Mozilla employees tell Brendan Eich he needs to "step down" (arstechnica.com)
- 7490151 Three Mozilla Board Members Resign over Choice of New CEO (wsj.com)
2014-03-29
- 7491395 Three Mozilla board members-including two former CEOs-step down (arstechnica.com)
- 7491785 Three Mozilla board members-including two former CEOs-step down (arstechnica.com)
- 7504299 OKCupid discourages FireFox use because of Brendan Eich appointment (imgur.com)
2014-03-31
- 7504368 OkCupid recommending not using Mozilla Firefox over new CEO (twitter.com)
- 7504485 OKCupid advises Firefox users to switch as a protest of Brendan Eich appointment (okcupid.com)
- 7504942 OkCupid Takes Public Stand Against New Mozilla CEO (recode.net)
2014-04-01
- 7504947 Ask HN: Does anyone know why Brendan Eich donated?
- 7505590 Show HN: A lightweight library to protest Mozilla's CEO appointment (WIP) (github.com)
- 7505599 Show HN: A lightweight JavaScript plugin to protest Mozilla's CEO (github.com)
- 7505967 OKCupid piles on Mozilla, calls for new CEO to resign (cnet.com)
- 7506115 OKCupid Website Blocks Firefox Because of Mozilla CEO's Anti-Gay Beliefs (gizmodo.com)
- 7506996 OKCupid says avoid Firefox because Mozilla CEO opposes gay rights (sfgate.com)
- 7509797 New Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Comes Under Fire From Employees (techcrunch.com)
- 7510809 Firefox comes out as gay, new Mozilla CEO resigns (oddshocks.com)
2014-04-02
- 7512727 Eich Says Not Stepping Down as Mozilla CEO (theverge.com)
- 7512869 Mozilla CEO: Gay-marriage firestorm could hurt Firefox cause (Q&A) (cnet.com)
- 7512919 Why I switched back to Google Chrome over Mozilla's new CEO (mkronline.com)
- 7513022 Mozilla CEO: Gay-marriage firestorm could hurt Firefox cause (Q&A) (cnet.com)
- 7513219 Ask HN: Why was the CNET interview with Brendan Eich taken down?
- 7513919 jwz and Brendan Eich discuss the "4am shortcut" origins of JavaScript (2010) (jwz.org)
- 7514357 Mozilla CEO Eich says gay-marriage firestorm could hurt Firefox (cnet.com)
- 7514834 Why I switched back to Google Chrome over Mozilla's new CEO (mkronline.com)
- 7515308 Dating website OKCupid tells users to boycott Mozilla over new CEO (dailymail.co.uk)
- 7515488 Brendan Eich toughs out backlash over opposition to gay marriage (theguardian.com)
- 7519507 The public trial of Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich (interview) (venturebeat.com)
- 7520588 Sarcastic bug: appoint Brendan Eich as CEO for life at Mozilla (mozilla.org)
2014-04-03
- 7521241 People Are Pissed That Mozilla's CEO Supported Prop 8. They Shouldn't Be. (vice.com)
- 7521774 Mozilla CEO donated to rightwing candidates, records show (theguardian.com)
- 7522227 Don't Boycott Firefox Because of Brendan Eich (hypertexthero.com)
- 7525198 Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO (mozilla.org)
- 7525778 Brendan Eich resigns as Mozilla Corporation CEO (arstechnica.com)
- 7526027 CEO of Mozilla, Brendan Eich resigns
- 7526029 Mozilla CEO Eich Steps Down (wsj.com)
- 7526335 Thank you letter to Brendan Eich (arcaner.com)
- 7526365 Controversy Forces Mozilla CEO To Resign (NPR) (npr.org)
- 7526521 Mozilla boss Brendan Eich resigns after gay marriage storm (bbc.com)
- 7526619 Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO (mozilla.org)
- 7526678 A Sad 'Victory' - On Eich Stepping Down (teamrarebit.com)
- 7527122 CEO of Firefox maker Mozilla steps down (usatoday.com)
- 7527142 Brendan Eich resigns in wake of backlash (theguardian.com)
- 7527179 Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO
- 7527243 Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Resigns After Protests from Gay Marriage Supporters (go.com)
- 7527303 Brendan Eich resigns as CEO from Mozilla (bbc.co.uk)
- 7527390 Outfoxed: how protests forced Mozilla's CEO to resign in 11 days (theverge.com)
- 7527404 The Hounding of Brendan Eich (andrewsullivan.com)
- 7527576 Brendan Eich Resigns As Mozilla CEO Following Criticism (techcrunch.com)
2014-04-04
- 7527784 Eich steps down (nytimes.com)
- 7527833 Eich resignation as Mozilla CEO as messy as his appointment (cnet.com)
- 7527868 Did Brendan Eich (@brendaneich) close down his Twitter? (twitter.com)
- 7527874 Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Resigns After Protests from Gay Marriage Supporters (go.com)
- 7527999 Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO (mozilla.org)
- 7528039 Mozilla CEO resigns (theverge.com)
- 7528049 Mozilla's CEO Steps Down Due To Backlash (inc.com)
- 7528104 Ask HN: Why are all the Eich posts being deleted?
- 7528134 Five Reasons Eich Should Step Down (teamrarebit.com)
- 7528205 Mozilla boss Brendan Eich resigns after gay marriage storm (bbc.com)
- 7528578 Mozilla CEO resigns amid furor over gay rights (dailymail.co.uk)
- 7528666 Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Resigns (sfgate.com)
- 7529081 Mark Andreeson's tweets on early Mozilla and Brandon Eich (twitter.com)
- 7529227 Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Steps Down (wsj.com)
- 7529381 If Brendan Eich is restored as CEO, I will donate $100 dollars to Mozilla.
- 7529492 Mozilla CEO "resigns" after uproar over his opposition to gay marriage (hotair.com)
- 7529605 Brendan Eich has left the Twittersphere (twitter.com)
- 7529630 Brendan Eich steps down as Mozilla CEO (gigaom.com)
- 7529730 Gun-Toting Mozilla Employees Demand CEO "Step Down" (uncrunched.com)
- 7529984 Mozilla CEO Steps Down After Anti-Gay Marriage Controversy (mashable.com)
- 7530098 Mozilla CEO resigns, opposition to gay marriage drew fire (yahoo.com)
- 7530571 Brendan Eich, We've Failed You. I'm Sorry. (medium.com)