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Time to see Chris Beard's track record for contributions.
by Xdes 12y ago
Time to see Chris Beard's track record for contributions.
- twoodfin 12y agoLet's not. I think the folks who feel someone's political actions and views are a good reason to shun or punish them are wrong. I don't care what you're for or against: If you participate non-violently in a political debate and don't let your views interfere with your work, including how you treat your coworkers, I'm happy to work with you or for you. Or grab a beer with you and try to change your mind.
- Mikeb85 12y agoWhy not? They already burned Eich at the stake, why not apply the same scrutiny to everyone?
- king_jester 12y agoIf by burned at the stake you mean rightly called out questionable contributions that flies in the face of respecting LGBT Mozilla employees and then deciding not to say anything about it or make an apology, then yes he was burned at the stake.
- protomyth 12y agoI am hoping he has never made a donation or spoken about any issue. His whole life is going to go under a microscope looking for the "gotcha". Sadly, its just how this stuff works.
- bkor 12y agoI really dislike that Brendan Eich was appointed because the board appointed him while knowing his position on prop 8. Yet no statement while there was a huge backlash at the time that news came out. For me CTO vs CEO matters a lot. CTO vs reversing gay rights: don't like the person, wouldn't want to work directly or indirectly for that person appointing someone who you already know reversed gay rights and causes an uproar: wtf I'm not gay and also not part of any gay rights organization. In tech sites within Netherlands the views expressed are totally different than here on Hackers News. Meaning: most are amazed how he could have been considered a CEO.