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The Mozilla Story

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    In the beginning the web was simple, connected
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    open, safe
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    designed as a force for good
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    it would become something far greater
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    a living, breathing ecosystem
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    in service of humanity
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    a public resource for innovation
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    and opportunity.
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    A place to build your dreams.
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    But in those early days,
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    like any ecosystem,
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    the web needed nurturing.
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    As it grew, users faced new challenges.
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    Popups. Viruses.
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    A lack of choice.
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    Walled gardens of content.
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    The web was fraying.
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    it was slow, complicated, scary.
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    Users began to ask...
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    is this it?
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    or could the web be something better?
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    A small group of people
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    coders, designers, idealists
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    believed it could.
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    They had an audacious idea.
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    That a tiny non-profit and a global community
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    could build something better
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    and force new ideas and innovation on to the Web.
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    They called it the Mozilla project.
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    They began by making a new kind of Web browser.
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    What we know today as Firefox.
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    And they made it a non-profit,
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    so it would always put the people who use the web first.
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    more than software, it was a platform that
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    anyone could use to build on their ideas.
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    The nuisances diminished.
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    The foundations of the Web we know today
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    began to appear
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    Now the Web is a place where you can build almost
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    anything you can imagine
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    Mozilla and Firefox
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    exist to help people everywhere seize this opportunity
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    and to stand up for users in a world where choice and control
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    are too often at risk.
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    But what if Firefox was just the beginning?
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    What if it was part of something bigger?
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    From user privacy to Firefox Mobile,
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    to apps and identity,
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    we're pushing the boundaries of the web every day.
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    And we are going beyond software.
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    We're helping to build a generation of web makers.
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    we believe the web is a place where anyone
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    can come to build their dreams.
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    It's why we make Firefox.
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    It's why tens of thousands of volunteers help build our products.
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    It's why hundreds of millions around the world use our software
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    But most importantly -- it's why we always put you first,
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    and stand up to those who don't.
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    millions know us for Mozilla Firefox.
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    But we are about so much more.
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    We are a non-profit
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    fighting to protect the web we all love.
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    Join us - we need your support.
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    Make a donation today.
Title:
The Mozilla Story
Description:

Do you know Mozilla? This video tells the story of how Mozilla helped shape the web we know today -- and how we're going beyond Firefox to do even more.
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
03:02

English subtitles

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