Winamp and Gnutella creator Justin Frankel quits AOL

[greg]

The new Winamp 5 is the best one yet. Wonder if his contract with AOL will
prohibit him from creating anything that would compete with Winamp for a few
years.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/employment/0,39020648,39143722,00.htm

 

[Bob Adkins]

The new Winamp 5 is the best one yet. Wonder if his contract with AOL will
prohibit him from creating anything that would compete with Winamp for a few
years.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/employment/0,39020648,39143722,00.htm

It's a safe bet that he has a non-competitive clause.

Bob

 

[a nomad known to all]

The new Winamp 5 is the best one yet.

sez who? i found 2.91 to be *much better than that 5 crapware.

 

[a nomad known to all]

It's a safe bet that he has a non-competitive clause.

not that he'll be hurting for cash any time soon. he got quite the sum
when he sold out to ao-smell in the first place.

 

[donutbandit]

sez who? i found 2.91 to be *much better than that 5 crapware.

Me too. Actually, I'm using 2.95.

 

[J44xm]

["a nomad known to all"; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:55:08 GMT]

sez who? i found 2.91 to be *much better than that 5 crapware.

Why is it "crapware"?

 

[greg]

I have tried them all and had stuck with version 2 until I tried this newest
version 5.

["a nomad known to all"; Wed, 28 Jan 2004 14:55:08 GMT]

sez who? i found 2.91 to be *much better than that 5 crapware.

Why is it "crapware"?