BOYCOTT FIREFOX, rage gay devs as Mozilla appoints JavaScript daddy as CEO

Hampton Catlin, creator of Wikipedia Mobile and CSS extension language Sass, said he would no longer develop apps for Firefox after Eich's appointment.

The dev cited a six-year-old database of donor contributions to campaigns in support and opposition of Proposition 8 listing Brendan Eich, (Employer: Mozilla) as a $1,000 contributor to a campaign in support of the anti-gay marriage California ballot proposition.

Prop 8 was struck down after being ruled unconstitutional in 2010 and the final appeal was put to bed in June last year.

Catlin and his husband run a development firm called Rarebit which makes a game called Color Puzzle and was set to bring a dictionary app to Firefox Marketplace.

In a blog post, Catlin wrote: "As a married gay couple who are co-founders of this venture, we have chosen to boycott all Mozilla projects. We will not develop apps or test styles on Firefox any more.

"This is in protest of the appointment of Brendan Eich to the position of CEO of the Mozilla Foundation, where he had previously served as CTO. We will continue our boycott until Brendan Eich is completely removed from any day to day activities at Mozilla, which we believe is extremely unlikely after all he’s survived and the continued support he has received from Mozilla.”

Catlin and his British husband Michael were unable to get married in California until recently.

The pair always dreamed of starting a company together, but Michael's visa was tied to his employment status. As it was not possible to marry, they were unable to found a new firm.

When the Supreme Court repealed Proposition 8, the lovers immediately rushed to San Francisco City Hall to get married. A post-nuptials picture of them was then published on the front page of the New York Times.

“Today, Michael has a green card and we’re able to pursue this venture in the US,” said Catlin. “These days, I am so damn proud of my country for making this all possible. So, that’s why it’s personal for us. Brendan Eich was an active supporter of denying our right to be married and even to start this business."

We have contacted Mozilla to ask them for a statement on their position regarding Eich's contribution, but there has been no response. We'll update this article if we hear back.

Eich himself blogged about the controversy over his donation last year on his website, maintaining that "Mozilla had nothing to do with the donation" and "Donors above a certain amount are required by the State of California to disclose their employer". ®

Well I don’t know.

I found there is a difference between the way Windows, Apple and Ubuntu work. (going off what I hear, for the Apple part of the comparison)

Windows seems the more intricate, it is all-encompassing but it is also very very robust. So pretty much even though it does a whole lot, it pretty much does it flawlessly (at least until it doesn’t, then it flies offtrack completely - but most of the time it is very good)

Ubuntu is sort of like Mac. (again, going off what I hear for the Mac portion of this comparison)

With the exception it does not provide support.

So please be aware if you use Ubuntu you are pretty much stuck with re-installing if you end up in trouble.

Now that is not all bad. By re-installing every once in a while you end up with a newer version of the Operating System.

But you’ve got to do that re-install yourself.

Ubuntu also doesn’t do everything Windows does.

However for home use, I find it is actually preferable for me.

That is not to say however that holds true for everyone. Might not be true for you.

If your pc is relatively recent, I might suggest to try an install on a new disk.

That is what I have done. I kept my Windows on my original hard drive. I can go back at anytime. But I bought a new harddrive and installed Ubuntu on the new harddrive.

All that said, sometimes things go awry completely, in which case you’re ... well ... in a bind. I would use stronger language if you get my drift. If you’re in a bind, you might end up in a big bind. Just saying.

So don’t depend on me for advice, other than I will repeat I have been largely happy with Ubuntu.

(largely)

There are challenges.

“I wonder, it seems WE have worked pretty darn hard to push back. Consider Chick-fil-a and Duck Dynasty. There are a host of others, but I don’t subscribe to being lumped in with the ‘we’ let it go. Not true.”

Honestly, I wish that WERE totally true. But it can’t be when 3% of our population, with the help of their supporters are turning this nation upside-down. And Effectively, at that.

It’s impossible to deny that we have let the ship of good judgement, and moral fiber, sail. Of course, this doesn’t mean WE shouldn’t TRY to salvage our nation, I agree...but I’m afraid WE have not worked as hard as many believe, or as hard as WE should be.

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