Named the new CEO of Mozilla

In less than two weeks after being named the new CEO of Mozilla , Brendan Eich ( creator of the JavaScript programming language ) today resigned the post after a controversy on Gay marriage .

Eich , who already in 2008 had made a " donation " to support a measure aimed at banning Gay marriage in California , now finds itself again involved in a controversy that led him to give up the post of CEO of Mozilla .

According to the website " The Verge ," Brendan Eich have now abandoned the CEO of Mozilla occupying ... just two weeks. The reasons that led to this decision relate to the fact that Eich be against Gay marriage and have even supported Proposition 8 - a measure that could ban gay marriage in California .

In this sense , the North Americans OK Cupid dating site declared war on Mozilla CEO and since the last day of March, who access the site with Firefox browser receives the following message :

" The new CEO of Mozilla , Brendan Eich , is against equal rights for gay couples . Therefore , we prefer that our users do not use Mozilla's browser to access the OK Cupid . "

Eich , who recently moved from CTO to CEO of Mozilla , I had already asked recently apologized in his blog - see here - throughout this episode , and even met with company officials to ask for one more chance to hold the position of CEO . Noted that some employees of Mozilla itself had already demonstrated publicly on twitter some discomfort regarding the attitude and posture of Eich .