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In early 1998, Eich co-founded the [[Mozilla]] project, with a website at mozilla.org, that was meant to manage open-source contributions to the Netscape source code. He served as Mozilla's chief [[Systems architect|architect]].<ref name="Seibel2009">{{cite book|last=Seibel|first=Peter|title=Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nneBa6-mWfgC&pg=PA132|accessdate=4 April 2014|date=2009-09-16|publisher=Apress|isbn=9781430219484|pages=132–}}</ref> [[America Online|AOL]] bought Netscape in 1999. After AOL shut down the Netscape browser unit in July 2003, Eich helped spin out the [[Mozilla Foundation]]. |
In early 1998, Eich co-founded the [[Mozilla]] project, with a website at mozilla.org, that was meant to manage open-source contributions to the Netscape source code. He served as Mozilla's chief [[Systems architect|architect]].<ref name="Seibel2009">{{cite book|last=Seibel|first=Peter|title=Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=nneBa6-mWfgC&pg=PA132|accessdate=4 April 2014|date=2009-09-16|publisher=Apress|isbn=9781430219484|pages=132–}}</ref> [[America Online|AOL]] bought Netscape in 1999. After AOL shut down the Netscape browser unit in July 2003, Eich helped spin out the [[Mozilla Foundation]]. |
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Eich co-founded the [[WHATWG]] in 2004 with others from [[Mozilla]], [[Opera_Software|Opera]], and [[Apple_Inc.|Apple]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whatwg.org/charter|title=Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group Charter|date=2004-06-04|accessdate=2015-03-06}}</ref> |
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In August 2005, after serving as Lead Technologist and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mozilla Foundation, Eich became [[Chief technical officer|CTO]] of the newly founded [[Mozilla Corporation]], meant to be the Mozilla Foundation's for-profit arm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-archive.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2005-08-03.html|title=Mozilla Foundation Forms New Organization to Further the Creation of Free, Open Source Internet Software, Including the Award-Winning Mozilla Firefox Browser|date=2005-08-03|publisher=[[Mozilla Foundation]]|quote= Brendan Eich, a co-founder and long-time technical leader of the Mozilla project, will become the chief technical officer of the Mozilla Corporation.|accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref> |
In August 2005, after serving as Lead Technologist and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mozilla Foundation, Eich became [[Chief technical officer|CTO]] of the newly founded [[Mozilla Corporation]], meant to be the Mozilla Foundation's for-profit arm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www-archive.mozilla.org/press/mozilla-2005-08-03.html|title=Mozilla Foundation Forms New Organization to Further the Creation of Free, Open Source Internet Software, Including the Award-Winning Mozilla Firefox Browser|date=2005-08-03|publisher=[[Mozilla Foundation]]|quote= Brendan Eich, a co-founder and long-time technical leader of the Mozilla project, will become the chief technical officer of the Mozilla Corporation.|accessdate=2011-02-12}}</ref> |
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Eich co-founded [[SpiderMonkey (software)#TraceMonkey|TraceMonkey]], the first tracing JIT for JavaScript, in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|first=Ryan|last=Paul|url=http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2008/08/firefox-to-get-massive-javascript-performance-boost/|title=Firefox to get massive JavaScript performance boost|date=2008-08-22|publisher=[[Ars Technica]]|quote=Mozilla is leveraging an impressive new optimization technique to bring a big performance boost to the Firefox JavaScript engine.|accessdate=2015-03-06}}</ref> |
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Eich co-founded Firefox OS, code-named B2G, in 2011.<ref>{{cite mailing list|last=Gal |first=Andreas|mailing list=mozilla.dev.platform|url=https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.platform/dmip1GpD5II/CzJSSUMq5HsJ|title=Booting to the Web|date=2011-07-25|quote=Mozilla believes that the web can displace proprietary, single-vendor stacks for application development.|accessdate=2015-03-06}}</ref> |
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Eich contributed to the creation of the [[Rust (programming language)|Rust programming language]] at Mozilla in 2012.<ref>{{Citation|title=Mozilla|contribution-url=https://github.com/mozilla/rust/commit/c01efc669f09508b55eced32d3c88702578a7c3e#diff-1|contribution=Original Rust authors|publisher=GitHub}}.</ref> |
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As CTO, Eich was executive sponsor of initiatives including [[Mozilla|Mozilla Research]], [[Firefox OS]], [[PDF.js]], [[Shumway (software)|Shumway]], [[Rust (programming language)|Rust]], and [[Servo (layout engine)|Servo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brendaneich.com/2013/04/mozilla-at-15-memories-and-thoughts-on-mozilla-research/|title=Mozilla at 15 Memories, and Thoughts on Mozilla Research|date=2013-04-03|publisher=[[Mozilla Foundation]]|accessdate=2015-03-06}}</ref> |
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===CEO appointment and resignation=== |
===CEO appointment and resignation=== |
Revision as of 12:27, 6 March 2015
Brendan Eich | |
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Born | 1961 (age 62–63) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Santa Clara University |
Known for | JavaScript |
Website | brendaneich |
Brendan Eich (/ˈaɪk/; born 1961)[1] is an American technologist and creator of the JavaScript programming language. He co-founded the Mozilla project, the Mozilla Foundation and the Mozilla Corporation, and served as the Mozilla Corporation's chief technical officer and briefly its chief executive officer.[2]
Early life
Brendan Eich received his bachelor's degree in mathematics and computer science at Santa Clara University.[3] He received his master's degree in 1985 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Eich started his career at Silicon Graphics, working for seven years on operating system and network code.[4] He then worked for three years at MicroUnity Systems Engineering writing microkernel and DSP code, and doing the very first MIPS R4000 port of GCC.[4]
Netscape and JavaScript
He started work at Netscape Communications Corporation in April 1995. Having originally joined intending to put Scheme "in the browser",[5] Eich was instead commissioned to create a new language that resembled Java, JavaScript for the Netscape Navigator Web browser. The first version was completed in ten days in order to accommodate the Navigator 2.0 Beta release schedule,[5][6] and was called Mocha, which was later renamed LiveScript in September 1995 and later JavaScript in the same month.[7] Eich continued to oversee the development of SpiderMonkey, the specific implementation of JavaScript in Navigator, until 2011.[8]
Mozilla
In early 1998, Eich co-founded the Mozilla project, with a website at mozilla.org, that was meant to manage open-source contributions to the Netscape source code. He served as Mozilla's chief architect.[9] AOL bought Netscape in 1999. After AOL shut down the Netscape browser unit in July 2003, Eich helped spin out the Mozilla Foundation.
In August 2005, after serving as Lead Technologist and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mozilla Foundation, Eich became CTO of the newly founded Mozilla Corporation, meant to be the Mozilla Foundation's for-profit arm.[10]
CEO appointment and resignation
On March 24, 2014, Eich was promoted to CEO of Mozilla Corporation.[11] His appointment sparked controversy over a $1,000 political donation Eich had made in 2008 to the successful campaign for California Proposition 8, which sought to establish that, "Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." [12] This had been noted publicly two years prior, in March 2012, and was criticized at the time in social media by gay rights activists, particularly on Twitter.[12] After his appointment to CEO, the controversy reemerged. In the ensuing public debate, OKCupid and two gay application developers called for a boycott of the company.[13][14] A number of Mozilla Foundation employees asked him to step down, while others at the Mozilla Corporation spoke out on their blogs in his favor.[15][16] Board members wanted him to stay in the company with a different role.[17]
On April 3, 2014, Eich stepped down as CEO and resigned from working at Mozilla.[18][19] In his personal blog, Eich posted that "under the present circumstances, I cannot be an effective leader."[20][21]
Following Eich's resignation, the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage called for its own boycott of Mozilla, "to protest the company forcing out its CEO over his support of Proposition 8".[22][17]
References
- ^ Lohr, Steve (1996-09-09). "Part Artist, Part Hacker And Full-Time Programmer". The New York Times.
- ^ Swisher, Kara. "Mozilla Co-Founder Brendan Eich Resigns as CEO, Leaves Foundation Board". Recode. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ^ Lohr, Steve (1996-09-09). "Part Artist, Part Hacker And Full-Time Programmer". The New York Times.
- ^ a b "Brendan Eich and JavaScript", Inventors, About.
- ^ a b Saternos, Casimir (2014-03-28). Client-Server Web Apps with JavaScript and Java. O'Reilly Media. pp. 32–. ISBN 9781449369293. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ Severance, Charles (February 2012). "JavaScript: Designing a Language in 10 Days" (PDF). Computer (magazine). Retrieved April 4, 2014.
- ^ "JavaScript: General introduction". Retrieved 2011-02-12.
- ^ Eich, Brendan (June 21, 2011). "New JavaScript Engine Module Owner". BrendanEich.com.
- ^ Seibel, Peter (2009-09-16). Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming. Apress. pp. 132–. ISBN 9781430219484. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Mozilla Foundation Forms New Organization to Further the Creation of Free, Open Source Internet Software, Including the Award-Winning Mozilla Firefox Browser". Mozilla Foundation. 2005-08-03. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
Brendan Eich, a co-founder and long-time technical leader of the Mozilla project, will become the chief technical officer of the Mozilla Corporation.
- ^ "Leadership Changes" (blog). Mozilla. March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.
- ^ a b Netburn, Deborah (2012-04-04). "Brendan Eich's Prop. 8 contribution gets Twittersphere buzzing". LA Times. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
- ^ Johnston, Ian (April 1, 2014). "OkCupid calls for Firefox boycott to protest anti-gay marriage CEO Brendan Eich". Independent. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ Byrdum, Sunnivie (March 26, 2014). "OkCupid calls for Firefox boycott to protest anti-gay marriage CEO Brendan Eich". The Advocate.
- ^ Machkovech, Sam (March 27, 2014). "Mozilla employees tell Brendan Eich he needs to "step down"". Ars Technica. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
- ^ Koehler, Christie (March 24, 2014). "On Brendan Eich as CEO of Mozilla". Subfictional Studios. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ^ a b McAllister, Neil (April 8, 2014). "Gay marriage foes outraged at Mozilla CEO flap, call for boycott". The Register. Retrieved June 5, 2014.
- ^ Baker, Mitchell. "Brendan Eich Steps Down as Mozilla CEO". The Mozilla Blog.
- ^ "FAQ on CEO Resignation". Mozilla. April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ^ Kim, Susana (April 3, 2014). "Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich Resigns After Protests from Gay Marriage Supporters". ABC News. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ^ "Brendan Eich steps down as Mozilla CEO". blog.mozilla.org. April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 8, 2014.
- ^ Blake, Aaron (April 4, 2014). "Anti-gay marriage group calls for boycott of Mozilla Firefox". Washington Post. Retrieved June 5, 2014.