Three Mozilla Board Members Resign over Choice of New CEO
This article links to an earlier WSJ piece that gives more information about Eich's background (<a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/24/mozilla-picks-insider-eich-as-new-ceo/" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2014/03/24/mozilla-picks-insider...</a>).<p>He invented Javascript in 1995, co-founded Mozilla, and helped start Firefox.  It seems to me he's very well qualified from a historical as well as technical perspective.<p>Questions about his mobile expertise seem misplaced, considering that his technical contributions helped pave the way for mobile web apps.<p>The article suggests that the unhappiness about Eich's appointment stems from his support in 2008 for California's Proposition 8, which was an anti-gay marriage law that passed but ultimately was overturned by the Supreme Court.<p>I don't wish to incite a flame war over this or start a debate over gay/same sex marriage; I merely question why his views on this particular issue make the man unfit for the job. Would it be better if he had contributed money to <i>fight</i> Prop 8? I find this kind of litmus test highly disturbing.