CS403 Fall 2009 Code Rush Video Questions

The year is early 1998 and a small team of Netscape code writers frantically works to reconstruct the company's Internet browser. The fate of the entire company may well rest on their shoulders. Facing new competition, sales for Netscape's once world-changing browser have sunk to zero. If this gambit fails, their company, their community and their vision of the future might not survive. Welcome to the epicenter of the new American Dream. Welcome to Silican Valley.

-- © PBS Home Video, 2000. All Rights Reserved.

Here are some questions to consider while watching the Code Rush video:

1. What is Mozilla?
2. Why was Netscape trying to release their browser source code?
3. What did Netscape need to do in order to release their source code?
4. What is the difference between coding/debugging the Mozilla source code and writing XHMTL code?
5. What happened to Netscape less than one year after they release their source code?
6. What is the free source code movement?