Download The True Story of the Internet
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| Download The True Story of the Internet | |
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| Genre | Documentary television series |
| Starring | John Heilemann |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Production company | Oxford Scientific Films |
| Original release | |
| Network | Science Channel (U.S.); Discovery Channel (other countries) |
| Release | March 3 – March 4, 2008 |
Download: The True Story of the Internet is a documentary television series about Internet history. It is aired on Science Channel in the US and Discovery Channel for other countries. It originally aired on March 3, 2008. The show was hosted by John Heilemann.
More than a decade ago, a "browser war was fought between Netscape and Microsoft, between Navigator and Internet Explorer"[1]
Parts
[edit]There are four parts to the documentary:
- Part 1: Browser Wars – The rise and fall of Netscape and its battle against Microsoft
- Part 2: Search – The rise of Google and Yahoo
- Part 3: Bubble – The dot.com crash of 2000 and the mainstays of the Internet: Amazon.com and eBay
- Part 4: People Power – Peer to peer technology, web 2.0, and social networking
Interviews
[edit]The documentary features interviews with:
- Marc Andreessen
- James H. Clark
- Shawn Fanning
- Justin Frankel
- Chad Hurley
- Rob McCool
- Lou Montulli
- Thomas Reardon
- Gary Reback
- Hillary Rosen
- Aleks Totic
- Kevin Rose
References
[edit]- ^ "Download: The True Story of the Internet | Digestivo Cultural". www.digestivocultural.com. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
External links
[edit]- https://web.archive.org/web/20090823053456/http://science.discovery.com/tv/download/download.html
- Download The True Story of the Internet at IMDb
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