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Re: Napster and Software

Author:Dave Winer
Posted:7/13/2000; 9:48:56 AM
Topic:scriptingNews outline for 7/12/2000
Msg #:18563 (In response to 18560)
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Hatch asked Ulrich a direct question, he wanted to know if he had a plan for making his music available on the Internet. He had no plan. That's half the story, in a nutshell.

Now the question was how long should the users wait? The users waited quite a long time. That's the other half of the story.

I've thought about the questions some have asked about Frontier. You know what, if a Napster-like system for software developed, and it included everyone else's software too, you're damned right I would want Frontier included.

In other words, if I were Ulrich, what I'd do is set up a server at Exodus and load every Metallica song onto its hard disk. I'd put a copy of Napster on the machine, log on, and let the magic happen.

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