The FireFox Story
Ben Goodger is the 24 year old lead engineer on the Firefox browser project at The Mozilla Foundation. His article “Where Did Firefox Come From?” is a fascinating read.
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Ben starts: (emphasis added)
The story of Mozilla is long and rich in detail. There are many perspectives. This is mine.
I got involved with Mozilla because I loved the idea of working on something that had the potential to make an impact on millions of people. My friends and I lived in our browsers, so there was also a tangible payoff for contributions that made it into a shipping Netscape release.
This is a compelling story by someone who lived through it. Go forth and read!
[via tech.memorandum]