Justin Frankel
Justin Frankel (* 1978 in Sedona , Arizona ) is one of the developers of Winamp and founder of Nullsoft as well as the inventor of the P2P network Gnutella .
Frankel founded the company Nullsoft to market his Winamp and SHOUTcast programs . In 1999, AOL bought Nullsoft for around $ 100 million. In 2004 Frankel left his company after he had published the file sharing software products Gnutella and WASTE without AOL's consent. AOL's product releases have been withdrawn on both occasions. After leaving Nullsoft, he founded his new company Cockos in the same year , which is best known for the development of the software sequencer REAPER .
Web links
- Justin Frankel's website
- The World's Most Dangerous Geek (Interview with Rolling Stone, 2004)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Janko Röttgers : Nullsoft in future without Winamp inventor Justin Frankel. heise.de, June 3, 2003, accessed on January 6, 2010 .
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| SURNAME | Frankel, Justin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sedona , Arizona |