If you’re reading this on Firefox, you can rest assured that your custom is not going towards any hateful, disgusting, evil people who might disagree with you on something.
Not now that Mozilla boss Brendan Eich has been forced to quit for supporting Proposition 8, the Californian bill opposing gay marriage. According to the BBC:
‘Mozilla’s executive chairwoman Mitchell Baker announced the decision in a blog post.
“Mozilla prides itself on being held to a different standard and, this past week, we didn’t live up to it,” she wrote.
“We know why people are hurt and angry, and they are right: it’s because we haven’t stayed true to ourselves.
“We didn’t act like you’d expect Mozilla to act. We didn’t move fast enough to engage with people once the controversy started. We’re sorry. We must do better.’
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I find her words chilling.
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