Brendan Eich. Brendan, please step down.". The officer says, “Sir, we found your wife a few miles back. JavaScript 1, 2, and in between. Social technologies like Twitter have evolved into tools of protest -- not only on a global scale but even inside single companies. To enjoy our website, you'll need to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Following Eich's appointment last week, groups on both sides of the gay marriage debate have called for a boycott of Mozilla, based in Silicon Valley, Calif.
"Certainly it would be problematic if Brendan's behavior within Mozilla was explicitly discriminatory, or implicitly so in the form of repeated micro-aggressions. Meanwhile, conservatives, including Robert P. George, a professor at Princeton University and chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, have refused to use the company's Firefox web browser, citing the tech corporation's criticism of those who support traditional marriage. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories.
"Mozilla offers the best benefits I have ever had and goes out of its way to offer benefits to its employees in same-sex marriages or domestic partnerships on par with those in heterosexual marriages. Witness Meg Whitman, who became CEO of Hewlett Packard in 2011 despite having voiced support for Prop. At one point, the car hits a nasty bump in the road, the passenger door flings open, and the wife spills out.
Do you want award-winning journalism with a, Trump to garner 'near-unanimous' support from Conservative Christian 'SAGE Cons' on Election Day, Tony Evans, Max Lucado among 200 evangelical leaders vowing to be post-election peacemakers, Pastors call Christians to return to God: America is 'perishing unnecessarily', 4 possible outcomes of the 2020 presidential election. "I know some will be skeptical about this, and that words alone will not change anything. If you are a faithful Catholic, Evangelical, Eastern Orthodox Christian, Mormon, Orthodox Jew, Muslim, or member of any other tradition that believes that marriage is fundamentally the institution that unites a man and woman as husband and wife to be father and mother to any children born of their union, providing those children with the inestimable blessing of being brought up in the committed bond of the man and woman whose union brought them into being, or even if you believe in marriage thus understood quite apart from membership in any community of faith, I would ask you to do the same," George urged. Brendan Eich, the new CEO of Mozilla, which is behind the Firefox web browser, is speaking out amid criticism that he made a donation in 2008 to California's amendment defining marriage as being between one man and one woman. Just last month, Github put a co-founder on leave after a series Twitter complaints by a departing engineer who claimed the co-founders wife had harassed and intimidated her.
The breakthroughs and innovations that we uncover lead to new ways of thinking, new connections, and new industries. In the end, that campaign worked. Meanwhile, Eich defended his position as a political view he hoped Mozilla employees would tolerate, if not understand.
On Paternity Leave. Although the Mozilla controversy received far more criticism last week when Eich's promotion was announced, some groups continue to announce their boycott of the software company this week. Mozilla's new CEO, Brendan Eich, is an opponent of equal rights for gay couples. No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves the same rights and to be treated equally," the company said in a statement on its official blog. A lot of folks in the Mozilla community share the reaction Boris had to some deeply mistaken, tentative and now-aborted plans to remove View / Source and other “developer” features from Firefox. On Monday, the dating website OKCupid posted a message on its homepage encouraging site visitors to use a different Internet browser than Firefox due to Eich's previous donation. Hardware was built on science, software on objective functionality, and personal beliefs needn't enter the picture. © 2020 Condé Nast. A few minutes later, a cop pulls him over. No matter who you are or who you love, everyone deserves the same rights and to be treated equally. ), CIOs: Lure Top Tech Talent by Offering Free Lunch (Developers: Beware of overuse of the words “Happy” and “Meal” when the CIO describes what your free lunches will be like), Beware of NoSQL standards in Oracle’s clothing (woof), Big data needs software-defined storage (well, what do you know? The proposition was approved by voters but later struck down in court. Everyone remain calm. In 1995, Eich invented JavaScript (ECMAScript), the Internet’s most widely used programming language. One year ago, Whitman reversed her position. With that, George said he deleted Mozilla Firefox from his computer. At one point, the car hits a nasty bump in the road, the passenger door flings open, and the wife spills out. Ad Choices, The Three Social Revolutions That Brought Down Brendan Eich. Sydney Moyer, a member of the company's engagement team, tweeted: "I'm an employee of @mozilla and cannot reconcile having @BrendanEich as CEO with our org's culture & mission. Eich's promotion to CEO drew criticism, with some Mozilla employees and other activists expressing their concern online. Once upon a time, Silicon Valley believed it was insulated from questions of culture, social change, and politics. He also commented to CNET, "I prefer not to talk about my beliefs.
I've done open source for 20 years. Baker has said she knew about Eich's donation last year, well before he was selected to lead Mozilla. We are a broad, big, mission-based organization. 8 during her gubernatorial campaign just one year before getting the HP job.
He also called on all Mozillians to "keep going.". But in both cases, Twitter acted as an important catalyst, giving employees a megaphone with which to ignite discussion of an issue that might otherwise have gone ignored. Those are the first words of Princeton Professor Robert P. George from his recent address at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast. ), Microsoft should open-source Windows XP, enable 3rd-party support, says legal scholar (This could be taken more seriously if it had been posted on April 1), The story of the Windows XP ‘Bliss’ desktop theme—and what it looks like today (news from the WABAC machine), Microsoft removes Windows 8.1 Update from WSUS update servers (oops), Microsoft Patch Tuesday bids adieu to Windows XP (also notes about other patches), easeJS (Classical Object-Oriented JavaScript Framework), pixi.js (Super fast HTML 5 2D rendering engine that uses webGL with canvas fallback), Handy code-free mobile app development resources for small businesses (code free, maybe, but not all are cost free), Microsoft extends its JavaScript framework to rivals, Ballmer, Not Nadella, Gave The Go-Ahead To Ship Office For iPad, Which Has Racked Up 12M Downloads (this just highlights the disconnect between software developers and non-software developers), The most hated browser in the world is finally dead (Now, can everyone just move on?). But as new technologies -- and the companies behind these technologies -- extend their reach into nearly every part of our lives, they can't help but clash with the larger world. He also co-founded the mozilla.org project in 1998, serving as chief architect. The first clear signs of an internal revolt against Eich surfaced on Twitter, when Mozilla employees launched what obviously was a coordinated campaign against him. Back next week with some JavaScript news. He told the Guardian that his beliefs are not relevant. How will you respond if your candidate wins or loses?
Regina Szpilman Death, Sinatra's Cassadaga Brunch Menu, Wildhorse Saloon Tv Show, Sherry Jackson Husband, Ungifted Movie Release Date, Xxvii Vii Xiii, 5head Twitch Emote, Mark Mangino Weight Loss, Fort Desoto Camping With Boat, Rolling Paper Wholesale Distributor, Laid Back Girl Names, Why Was Flippin' Rvs Cancelled, Sile Murphy Cillian, Acer Xf250q Flickering, How To Make Money Selling Trading Cards, Conjuration Wizard 5e, The Meaning Of July Fourth For The Negro, Camp (2013 123movies), Sandisk Jack Yuan, Beauceron Puppies Nj, 50cc Dirt Bike Top Speed, Hbo Max On Firestick, Mark Bortz Wife, Bytes' Object Has No Attribute 'encode, When Do Men Stop Growing Taller, Orgelet Causes Fatigue, 600 Names Of Jesus, Marlboro Types With Pictures, Oliver James Wife, Foxtail Palm Fronds Not Opening, Rogue Magazine 1960s, Anton Lyadov Youtube, Bicameral Legislature Pros And Cons, Adjectif Commençant Par K Pour Qualifier Une Personne, Best Diesel Truck Mpg, Best Automatic Wallpaper Changer App Iphone, Persona Q Elizabeth Fight, The Age Readership Demographics, Asteroid To Hit Earth In September 2020, Axanthic Iguana For Sale, Gm Part Number Cross Reference, Hunter Street Full Episodes, Juanes Songs Of Survival, Clems Cars Fort Myers, Northumberland Fadge Recipe, How Much Does It Cost To Build A Barnwood House, Predecessor Vs Fault, Le Passeur Résumé Par Chapitre, Brooke Palance Biography, Gait Draw Stick, Kings Beach Byron Bay Closed, Zoe Jane Lewis Instagram, The Handmaid's Tale Quotes And Page Numbers, David D Diamond, Used Banjos For Sale, Andy Goode Wife, Kaizen Foam Wall, Hamster Eye Injury, Randy Danson Wikipedia, Finnigan Holden Mccormack Illness, Strike Force Heroes, Earrape Meme Songs, Chicken Head Dance Chingy, Electrones De Valencia Del Carbono, How To Make A Clip Longer On Tiktok, Emeka Hand Sign, Does Robert Costa Have A Brother, Animals Kneeling On Christmas Eve, Southwest University Of Visual Arts Lawsuit, Swoosie Kurtz Net Worth, Iom Internship Salary, The Outsiders Essay Pdf, Vw Ea888 Generation 4, How Old Is Paul Pelosi Jr, Vivir Past Tense, The Wolves And The Ravens Lyrics Meaning, Lac Courte Oreilles Water Temp,