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Justin Frankel On AOL, Subverting The Status Quo

Posted by simoniker on from the null-to-aol dept.

linuxbaby writes "Rolling Stone has an excellent feature on Justin Frankel, the creator of Winamp, Gnutella, Shoutcast, Waste, and other projects. The article calls him 'the world's most dangerous geek', and after years of being muzzled by AOL for igniting the pirate nation, Frankel is breaking his silence." The article ends by asking: "In many ways, Frankel's future encapsulates the debate over the future of the Internet itself. Does it become just a distribution system for corporate product or more of a way to subvert that corporate control?"

15 of 364 comments (clear)

  1. f1r57 p057, b0yz by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    Long live teh slashbot groupthink.

  2. buttsex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I like butt sex, receiving that is.

  3. Thanks for the quick slap, simoniker by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    I ask you sir, look for good stories. Don't spend time with rapid-fire downmods.

  4. Waste definitely kicks ass. by W32.Klez.A · · Score: -1, Troll

    In fact, one time I think I downloaded some kiddie porn from Frankel's node!

  5. so justin frankel is Thomas Pynchon? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    lol wtf

  6. No. 1 punk my ass. by Chess_the_cat · · Score: -1, Troll

    Punks aren't worth half a billion dollars. This guy isn't fighting corporate America, he is corporate America.

    --
    Support the First Amendment. Read at -1
    1. Re:No. 1 punk my ass. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Punk? I think they meant skid.

  7. Frankel Got A Big Ol' Dick - - - Oh Yeah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll



    Frankel Got A Big Ol' Dick - - - Oh Yeah!

    Frankel Got A Big Ol' Dick - - - Oh Yeah!

    Frankel Got A Big Ol' Dick - - - Oh Yeah!

  8. Just another programmer by superpulpsicle · · Score: 0, Troll

    I give him full credit for building/putting together some of the best programs, but he can't be that dangerous if he doesn't innovate.

    1.) winamp... please there are a ton of dos based binaries that play mp3s first.

    2.) gnutella... napster first.

    etc etc

  9. Re:He'd be more dangerous still... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Search myself? And ruin a perfectly good troll? Nah.

  10. Re:He'd be more dangerous still... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    He meant free as in beer, not free as in tits.

  11. The internet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Teh internet, what's that all about? Is it good or is it whack?

  12. NIppLESHIttING JesUSFUCkER! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    NUNshItTER! CuNTfaCED ShiTFucKER! Bow-LeggED EveRlaSTinG KnobGLobbER! AssfisTED Monk MidgeT! Shit! Fuck! UNrelentING FuckTArd!

  13. Re:He'd be more dangerous still... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Yves Veggie Back Bacon.

  14. YHBT YHL HAND by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FOAD, shiteater