– Brendan Eich, after an incident where he displayed hatred and treated gays, lesbians, and bisexuals less than respectfully by donating to a gay hate group. “I challenge anyone to cite an incident where I displayed hatred or ever treated someone less than respectfully because of group affinity or individual identity.” Some people hate JavaScript enough to want to cancel Eich over this alone, but, for the rest, there’s more. Sure, people use TypeScript or compile languages to JavaScript or Web Assembly as well, but, by in large, JavaScript still rules the web. JavaScript is still the foundation of the web. See, web developers? It could have been far worse. Initially, he was going to give us Scheme on the web, but his superiors insisted that it looked more like Java, so you ended up with JavaScript. While working at Netscape, he was tasked with creation of an internet programming language. It’s with that in mind that I ask you to consider the actions of Brendan Eich.īrendan Eich was fundamental in the formation of the internet. Use something from a company that’s not lead by someone who may still be supporting bigotry, hate, and- through that-violence. Now Brave is launching a search engine to go along with their browser. Most recently, he found himself once again the target of ire over COVID-19 comments. Instead, he moved on, started a new company, and has employees to field questions about his past instead of addressing them himself. Fortunately, a judge struck it down as unconstitutional.Įich never apologized for his support of hate, nor did he ever claim to change his views.
They voted to end marriage equality in the state.
Due to donations, the campaign against marriage equality was able to make Prop 8 seem about more than just marriage equality, misleading voters.
Prop 8 was a Californian ballot measure to make same sex marriage illegal again in the state. Why did so many groups unite against Eich? Because Eich donated thousands of dollars to Proposition 8 and Prop 8 supporters. After pressure from Mozilla employees, board members, Firefox and other Mozilla customers, third party developers, and even other companies, Eich stepped away from his role of CEO of Mozilla. Brendan Eich started the Brave browser in 2016, after leaving Mozilla in 2014.
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