Mozilla, Brendan Eich Used Blogs For Hellos, Goodbyes, Reasons Why & Prop 8 Flap

Mountain View-based Mozilla explains in its company and foundation blog the reasoning  behind Brendan Eich's exit as CEO of the tech giant he co-founded as a result of his support for Proposition 8.

Eich, meanwhile, said his good-byes in a blog of his own here -- seven days after writing of his elation in his CEO role.

On March 26, he wrote:

"I am deeply honored and humbled by the CEO role. I’m also grateful for the messages of support. At the same time, I know there are concerns about my commitment to fostering equality and welcome for LGBT individuals at Mozilla. I hope to lay those concerns to rest, first by making a set of commitments to you. More important, I want to lay them to rest by actions and results."

And on April 3:

"Can we do better with client-side and private-cloud tiers, zero-knowledge proofs and protocols, or other ideas? ... I think the answer is yes, but I’m not sure who will do this work. It is vitally important. I may get to it, but not working at Mozilla. I’ve resigned as CEO and I’m leaving Mozilla to take a rest, take some trips with my family, look at problems from other angles ..."

"The Mozilla Blog, News, notes and ramblings from the Mozilla project"  has updated its blog postings to 'set the record straight" on details -- such as "only 10 Mozilla employees Tweeted for Eich's resignation," not the high numbers reported in the media.

And Wall Street analysts and writers keep weighing in on the controversy and aftermath. Recent headlines here:

• Uproar Over Eich May Hurt Mozilla's Web Goals -Wall Street Journal‎ 
• Mozilla's CEO Showed the Cost of Disclosure Laws by Crossing the Satan-Scherbatsky Line - Forbes ‎- 
• Personality and Change Inflamed Mozilla Crisis - New York Times‎