Funding the Web

Request For Commits by Changelog Media

Nov 22, 20161:14:24Technology

Brendan Eich, founder of Brave and creator of JavaScript, joined the show to talk about the history of the web, how it has been funded, and the backstory on the early browser wars and emerging monetization models. We als...

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