It's a shame some of those other names mentioned didn't wind up fading into obscurity.
Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)
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Re: Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)
#22Publishing Gnutella while being acquired by a greedy media company was such a baller move.
The network still lives, even today. This is so underrated.
We had a private network on campus circa 2010. Streaming was up and coming but not huge. Gnutella was great on the gigabit intranet. You could download entire HD movies in minutes where conventional torrents may be hours.
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#24For those who might not know: > With Nullsoft gone and Frankel spending his time building a special-effects computer for his electric guitar... I don't know what happened to the Jesusonic he was building then, but Justin Frankel ended up creating Reaper, the cross-platform Windows/Mac/Linux digital audio workstation that is a solid Pro Tools competitor in a mere 16 MB download: https://www.reaper.fm/ The installer fo…
It's a straight line from Jesusonic to Reaper: Jesusonic JSFX script is in Reaper, and there's a whole selection of stock JS plugins that come with it and it's actually quite easy to program.
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#26For those who might not know: > With Nullsoft gone and Frankel spending his time building a special-effects computer for his electric guitar... I don't know what happened to the Jesusonic he was building then, but Justin Frankel ended up creating Reaper, the cross-platform Windows/Mac/Linux digital audio workstation that is a solid Pro Tools competitor in a mere 16 MB download: https://www.reaper.fm/ The installer fo…
Oh cool. I used to use Reaper to edit my podcast. Great program. Very easy to use even for a noob.
Re: Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)
#27I am always confused when BigTechCos buy SmallCos and then unceremoniously kill them off fairly shortly after. I guess it's basically to cannibalize the source code?
This was during the dotcom bubble and AOL/Time Warner need to optically look like they were doing something relevant with the internet to justify their valuation. It was pure messaging, with a bit of killing a threat on the side.
Their whole business model at the time seemed to be "making dubious acquisitions".
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#28I am always confused when BigTechCos buy SmallCos and then unceremoniously kill them off fairly shortly after. I guess it's basically to cannibalize the source code?
Not complicated. Thing shows banner ads. Only makes money when expenses are zero.
Re: Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)
#29I am always confused when BigTechCos buy SmallCos and then unceremoniously kill them off fairly shortly after. I guess it's basically to cannibalize the source code?
sometimes it's an acquisition of some product and sometimes it's to explicitly to kill off the thing without concern for any product.
Re: Nullsoft, 1997-2004 (2004)
#30Winamp still the best.