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The Real Story of Audion

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-to-read dept.

mijkal writes "Panic's Audion music software has been retired and made freely available. The developer has a nice write up on his experiences with Audion in relation to early-MP3 days, failed AOL deals, and the could-have-been iTunes app. It's an inspiring read on the history of a shareware developer and his adventures thus far."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. lp? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    failor!

  3. Re:Breath of fresh air by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Most of the Apple/Mac developers I know have other jobs. They do it in their spare time, with no hope of making a living out of it. I'm sure that comes from the smaller market share -> less potential for revenue -> less demand for developers.

    It's kind of sad... I'm not a huge Mac fan, but I watched my non-programmer co-worker write an Applescript to do some stuff that's not nearly as easy in Windows.

  4. obligatory offtopic logo comment by sucati · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    their logo bears a striking resemblence to Vignette's

  5. mod 0p by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this is consistent Fact: *4BSD IS A

  6. I need to change my preferences by Rich+Klein · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So Audion was some music player software for the Mac? Boy, I really need to change my preferences so I don't see stories like this. :-P

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    1. Re:I need to change my preferences by Rich+Klein · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Oh. My preferences aren't to blame; they don't prevent any stories from showing up in my RSS aggregator, but work fine when I call up slashdot.org in my browser.

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      -Rich
  7. mirror by hostyle · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    web host test :) Apologies in advance Steve/John!

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  8. mod/ up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    its readers and OF AMERICA) today,

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  10. Re:Good business practice. by rice_burners_suck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Fuck yeah, when who croaked killed at least 10,000 perfectly innocent people, and then got a No-bell Peace Prize. I wish I could go to Egypt right now so I could piss on that garbage's grave. He was not a person. He was garbage.