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> He was forced out, as everyone is well aware.

No, he was not. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2014/04/05/faq-on-ceo-resignat...

    Brendan was not fired and was not asked by the Board to resign. 
    Brendan voluntarily submitted his resignation. The Board acted 
    in response by inviting him to remain at Mozilla in another 
    C-level position. Brendan declined that offer. The Board 
    respects his decision.

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I can't believe that anybody would be so naive to believe that Brendan wasn't forced out.

Every single day, there is an employee going to work in a hostile environment, shunned by co-workers or left to sit in an empty room with no work to perform. Eventually they'll be forced to resign in order to save their own sanity.

People keep claiming Mozilla employees weren't hostile to him, and wanted him to stay. You can't have it both ways. Which is it?

> I can't believe that anybody would be so naive to believe that Brendan wasn't forced out.

I'm using facts to reach the conclusion that Brendan Eich wasn't forced out of his job. Your argument boils down to "Ahh, come on!".

Guess who wins? (SPOILER ALERT: Not you.)

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