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		throwaway2048 on Sept 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox usage is down despite Mozilla's top exec p... I think arguing that Brendan Eich was a great CEO is massively overstating things. A great CEO would have been able to handle the issues he was confronted with. Just because somebody was ousted in a way you feel was unfair, doesn't make them a great leader.

djsumdog on Sept 23, 2020 [–]

Well what about the decade of work prior to being CEO? I mean, the guy did create Javascript. For better or worse, it is one of the most popular programming languages in use today.

throwaway2048 on Sept 23, 2020 | [–]

What does creating javascript have to do with being a great leader?

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