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Netscape Mozilla Documentary 1998 - 2000 ProJect Code Rush - creative common licence

znoopy2k · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

Code Rush is a 2000 PBS documentary following Netscape engineers during the year they open-sourced the browser as Mozilla. It shows the pressure and long hours of work in Silicon Valley at the height of the dot-com era.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a great tech documentary on Mozilla's open-sourcing and the hard work of Netscape engineers.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2011, last 2013

What HN commenters said

  1. “Excellent documentary on YouTube covering the year long open-sourcing of Mozilla”

    Documentary on the open-sourcing of Mozilla until jwz left.

    Isofarro, 2011-02 · Strong recommendation · in “And so I'm giving up the Mozilla project - Jamie Zawinski (1999)”

  2. “If you watch Code Rush, which I highly recommend”

    Shows how hard Netscape engineers worked.

    redthrowaway, 2012-04 · Strong recommendation · in “The origins of the blink HTML element”

  3. “Pretty cool free documentary”

    Free documentary following Netscape engineers during the Mozilla release.

    toponium, 2011-03 · Recommendation · in “Jwz's Tent of Doom at Netscape in 1995”

  4. “Code Rush is a great SV tech documentary about the initial release of Mozilla”

    Tech documentary about the initial Mozilla release.

    jka, 2012-05 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What are your favorite films about startups?”

  5. “a 1998 documentary on the building of Mozilla”

    1998 documentary on building Mozilla.

    coldtea, 2013-12 · Recommendation · in “Learn to code like it's 1996”

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Topics: netscape, mozilla, open source, dot-com, silicon valley

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