Brendan Eich

Everything Brendan Eich said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

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Eich: Design patterns spread across software ecosystems easier than actual code

“The sort of design DNA spreads easier than code DNA, because code has hard requirements, not all of which are known or tested for but design can be copied.”

Brendan Eich Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 1:07:25 The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave) · Acquired

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Eich: MicroUnity Made a Fortune Suing IBM, Qualcomm, and Broadcom

“MicroUnity, you probably haven't heard of, but it's got a lot of patents, and it's successfully litigated them from 20 years ago to maybe 10 years ago. I forget when they ran out of steam. I think it, Just made a ton of money off suing everybody. IBM, Motorola…”

Brendan Eich Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 15:28 The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave) · Acquired

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Eich: Microsoft was convicted for threatening Compaq over Netscape bundling

“They had the Windows Monopoly, but what they did in tying the browser to it and threatening Compaq with revocation of the Windows license if Compact Shift Netscape as the default browser was illegal, and they got convicted for it.”

Brendan Eich Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 19:21 The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave) · Acquired

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Eich: AOL gave $2M over two years to spin out Mozilla

“Ted did the right thing and gave us two million over two years to spin out the Mozilla project.”

Brendan Eich Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 27:04 The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave) · Acquired

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Eich: UCWeb Gained More Share Than Chrome in Some Indian States by Blocking Ads

“In some Indian states, it had more share than Chrome. And one of the things we noticed that UCWeb did was it blocked ads.”

Brendan Eich Feb 15, 2022 ▶ 36:42 The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave) · Acquired

The other half of the tape: Brendan Eich's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 3 times in 2 episodes across the shows. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most David Rosenthal 2Ben Gilbert 1

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Brendan's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
ACQUIREDLEDGER	Co-Founder and CEO, Brave Software	1	29	64% 7/11	full record on Acquired →