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firefox has encountered an unexpected problem with its CEO I'm adrianne jeffries and this is 90 seconds on the verge Mozilla co-founder and CEO Brendan Eich has resigned from the company amidst controversy surrounding his one thousand dollar donation to California's infamous anti-gay marriage ballot proposition 8 Ike has also resigned from the board of Mozilla's non-profit foundation Mozilla best known for its firefox browser confirmed the move in a statement posted to the company's blog quote we didn't act like you'd expect Mozilla to act we didn't move fast enough to engage with people once the controversy started we're sorry we must do better Mike co-founded the Mozilla organization in 1998 and became CTO of the for-profit Mozilla Corporation when it launched in 2005 he also invented the programming language JavaScript the pressure on Ike to resign mounted during an extraordinarily public discussion among Mozilla employees developers and other members of the community last week three of Mozilla's six board members left the software company reportedly over its appointment of ike who became CEO last month the question still remains whether these members will return to their positions now that Ike is out although at the time Mozilla contended the resignations had nothing to do with Ike being selected popular dating site okcupid asked its users to boycott Mozilla amid the controversy Firefox users who visited the dating site were directed to a message calling out Ike for his support of prop 8 the question now is who will step in as CEO Mozilla says the role is being discussed and it will have more information next week for more on mozilla check out the verge coming up Brendan Eich takes a trip to Vegas and loses big at the craps table hey it's not the worst way to spend a thousand dollars