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The Netscape Deathmarch Story
- sutro 19y agoDespite having read this many times, I never tire of it. Reminds me of another classic, "The Graphing Calculator Story." http://www.pacifict.com/Story/ http://www.pacifict.com/Story/
- reitzensteinm 19y agoExcellent story - well worth the read. "We wanted to release a Windows version as part of Windows 98, but sadly, Microsoft has effective building security." Now that would be funny if it came up in the anti trust lawsuit: "You developed this competitor to a popular application and released it for free. Do you deny that this is anticompetitive?" "Actually, we didn't develop that application, we didn't fund it, I have no idea where it came from - it just appeared on the CD we shipped Windows on." "It just... 'appeared'?" "Yes" "May I remind you that you're under oath?"
- jamiepitts 19y agoWow, this glimpse into his life just made my day. I hope that I never lose the ability to experience this sort of heaven/hell on earth :) Is there anything more satisfying than making it through something that is nearly impossible?
- atwork 19y agoI don't understand how anybody can be remotely productive under such circumstances.Amphetamines?
- far33d 19y agoI'm sure the dream of becoming independently wealthy was plenty stimulating.
- DaniFong 19y agoI hope I'm not in the majority when I say this, but my most productive periods (in the sense of producing something) have all involved some kind of death march, almost always self imposed. It's fun, and then painful, and then it brings up a lot of existential angst. Why am I here, and all of that.
- mov 19y agoHe's jwz man, "one of the best programmers" accordingly to Peter Norvig [1]. He can :-) [1] http://norvig.com/21-days.html http://norvig.com/21-days.html
- bayareaguy 19y agoMore classic jwz: - http://www.jwz.org/hacks/why-cooperation-with-rms-is-impossible.mp3 http://www.jwz.org/hacks/why-cooperation-with-rms-is-impossi... - http://www.jwz.org/doc/lemacs.html http://www.jwz.org/doc/lemacs.html
- eVizitei 19y agoWhat a toll this kind of thing must take on oneself. I mean, in some ways it's good, becuase there's nothing that will make you appreciate the absence of pain like the prolonged presence of it. Still, his wrists were a mess, he was developing gastro-intestinal disorders, and I'm pretty sure he didn't have any friends during that time period.
- timr 19y agoSounds like grad school.
- cdr 19y agoAnother example of why keeping a personal diary or log is a great thing.