Code Rush
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| Code Rush cover | |
| Format | Video (VHS/Digital) |
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| Genre | Documentary |
| Origin | California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Release Date | 25 April 2000 |
| Running Time | 56:08 min |
| Production | |
| Created by | David Winton |
| Directed by | David Winton |
| Produced by | NA |
| Written by | Jonathan Halperin, David Winton |
| Screenplay by | NA |
| Distributed by | PBS Home Video |
| Narrated by | NA |
| Starring | Scott Collins, Stuart Parmenter |
| Music by | NA |
| Cinematography by | NA |
| Edited by | NA |
| Production Company | PBS Home Video, Winton Dupont Films |
| Location(s) | California, USA |
| Original Channel | PBS |
| Additional Information | |
| Based on | NA |
| Topics | Technology, Computers, Programming, Internet |
| Follows | NA |
| Precedes | NA |
| Associated Video | NA |
| Website | NA |
Code Rush is a 2000 documentary following the lives of a group of Netscape engineers in Silicon Valley. It covers Netscape's last year as an independent company, from their announcement of the Mozilla open source project until their acquisition by AOL. It particularly focuses on the last minute rush to make the Mozilla source code ready for release by the deadline of March 31, 1998, and the impact on the engineers' lives and families as they attempt to save the company from ruin.
After Andy Baio uploaded the documentary to his personal website for the release of Mozilla Firefox 3 in 2009, director David Winton requested it be taken down, pending his decision about future distribution under a free content license. It has since been released under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 US license.
Featured Netscape Employees
- Jim Barksdale, CEO
- Scott Collins
- Tara Hernandez
- Stuart Parmenter, then a 16-year-old open-source volunteer
- Jim Roskind
- Michael Toy, co-author of Rogue
- Jamie Zawinski
Downloads
| Film | User | Format | Link | Notes |
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| Code Rush (2000) | NA | MOV | Archive.org |
External Links
- Annotated Code Rush on viddler
- Code Rush @ IMDB
- Code Rush unused footage
- Interview with director
