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Justin Frankel Reveals Life After Winamp
Joseph Gelinas writes "Speaking out for the first time on life after AOL/Nullsoft, Winamp creator Justin Frankel sat down with BetaNews to discuss his new endeavors. Starting a new company called Cockos, Frankel is leaving behind the mass market for his musical roots, but hints at revolutionary -- and presumably controversial -- things to come."
JF: Naming projects is often the hardest part. When I first started, it just came out. A moment of either stupidity (likely) or brilliance (not likely), we'll see. Yeah, its obviously hard for him, with names like Cockos, AssSniffer, and Jesusonic.
Justin and co. always writes great utilities, but it's really hard to suggest to your boss that the company should be using a tool called "asssniffer" or "ASS I/O".
I was going to ask what kind of crack he was sniffing and if he'd share, but I guess that's not the best question given the application 'assniffer'.
I for one think it's a nice leveraging of all that wads of money he made. "Sir, the, um, AssTastic 5000 has arrived...should I connect it to the, uh, sigh, Dumpulator?"
It's 10 PM. Do you know if you're un-American?
...how my $900 PC can replace tens of thousands of dollars in effects processing. I remember seeing a reverb/delay for $3000 with many presets and you can program some yourself.
Okay, now that my PC can do effects processing, it can also be used as a multi-track to replace the Alesis ADAT that's has thousands of dollars in add-ons, and can replace a mastering studio and save me thousands there becasuse of my DVD/CD burner. What is still expensive are the instruments, consoles (yay AMEK), and the $14,000 tube mic.
I do not know. Somehow I just cannot let those old things go.
Some call me Howie Feltersnatch
Seriously, the name Cockos sounds like a gay cereal.
Perhaps you can have someone bear your CrusFX 1000 for you...
John
Not only is it useful on computers, it allows people who don't want to spend money on a Jesusonic hardware device to go ahead and write new effects for the Jesusonic.
Now there is someone who is completely devoid of marketing, or corporate thinking. He actually has the notion of contributing something on the basis of realizing that some people won't pay for something.
Really? Unless I'm reading it wrong, it sounds like he's allowing people who don't own the product to increase the value of that product. Eventually, the product will become more and more attractive to non-buyers who will then buy it.
Cockos? Sounds like a breakfast cereal for porn stars.
"Cock-O's. Now with nuts!"
"You're never ready, just less unprepared."
I call bullcrap. This IS slashdot, and likewise it's rare to see a "Windows Geek" get posted here.
/. posting "about him", which is uncommon.
Slashdot is also a serious minority. Compare the number of shashdotters to the number of people running windows 98 (at home). We're nothing in number. Consequently, go look at Channel 9. *Tons* of windows geeks. And suprise, some of them just may be worth listening too.
I'm not expecting too many people to care, but there ARE intilligent people who use windows. Justin Frankel just managed
(*having premonitions of insightful troll*)