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I have tremendous respect for Justin Frankel. Hindsight is 20/20 and all that but it seemed likely that AOL and Nullsoft were not the best culture fit and taki
by m348e912 3y ago
I have tremendous respect for Justin Frankel.
Hindsight is 20/20 and all that but it seemed likely that AOL and Nullsoft were not the best culture fit and taking Spinner out of the equation, I still don't think it would have worked out well.
That being said, Winamp was and is one of the best media players ever created. It's the prime example of how good software can be when the creator is fully aligned with his/her users.
- Terr_ 3y agoSpeaking of corporate culture clashes, remember WASTE? AOL pulled the download pretty quick. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASTE https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASTE
- aspenmayer 3y agoI remember! I think I heard about it from the Penny Arcade forums or a spinoff one of the mods made. I was really into a lot of niche p2p stuff back then and then lost touch with that group and the scene, but still have lots of fond memories of that file-sharing era and the camaraderie such coordination engendered. I feel like something was lost with the transition to more pseudo/anonymous sharing mechanisms that came later. There's something special about finding cool files and browsing what else the same person is sharing.