Since I see that a notable VC-famous jerk is now telling us that he wish he'd "stood by" Eich way back, I'd like to tell you a true fact: Eich didn't lose the CEO's job for his (reprehensible) Prop-8 donation.
Everyone wants to believe that's true, because fits nicely into useful narratives a number of invested camps want to champion, whether it's somebody being ousted for reprehensible views or the woke SJW mob somehow pulling down a great leader (tm) but that's not what happened.
After what I'm told was a few days of very difficult negotiation under extraordinary pressure, both internal and external, a deal was struck. The plan was that Eich make an announcement, apologizing for his "mistake" and making some public-benefit commitment about inclusivity, importance of diversity, etc.
Half the board resigned.
But he takes his public drubbing, apologizes and gets his company. The structure of the organization survives, the mission lives.
At the last minute, he reneged.
@mhoye The graph (I didn't make it)
https://calpaterson.com/mozilla.html
shows Mitchell's salary going to 7 digits well after I left. You screwed up dates in your haste to blame me and me alone as CTO for Firefox market share loss.
Mitchell took >$24M gross out in the last seven years reported by IRS form 990s, 2016-2022. I left in 2014. Back then our comp was similar, hers slightly greater.
If I get blame for all Firefox market share loss, do I get credit for all Brave gains (much at Firefox's expense)?
@mhoye 2023 IRS Form 990 at https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/200097189/202443209349319444/full shows $6.26M for Mitchell, down slightly from 2022.
>$30M for 8 years of decline.
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