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Kazaa and Skype Co-founder Interviewed

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the changing-the-world-around-one dept.

karvind writes "BBC is running is an interview with Niklas Zennström, the internet entrepreneur behind both Kazaa and Skype, about how his two inventions came about, and how broadband and wireless devices are shaping his vision for the future. From the interview: "On the other hand, Skype, just like Kazaa and other software, are encouraging people to buy broadband connections.""

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  1. Before questioning, interviewers were required... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...to install several programs into their startup folders and add browser extensions to enhance the user experience.

  2. I was sure I'd read this somewhere before by Claws+Of+Doom · · Score: 2, Funny

    and I had - on the BBC last week. Don't you just hate it when you find things out before Slashdot does? You have to spend time actually doing something at work then...

  3. How Kazaa REALLY came about... by mister_llah · · Score: 4, Funny

    Niklas Zennström: "I want to create a medium where 13 year olds can rename large files to the names of new game disk images and movies ... and put them online for download, it will provide them with hours of enjoyment... AND, here's the sinker, it will take away from SETI AT HOME'S BANDWIDTH! Those bastards will never discover my home planet now! MUAHAH!"

    [[ note: this quotation has been fictionalized and may not actually represent reality ]]

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  4. Re:and the reason... by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 3, Funny

    warez, pr0n and MP3s!

    in my times it was sex, drugs and rock'n' roll.

  5. not just buying broadband by CKW · · Score: 2, Funny

    .
    It hasn't just got a lot of us buying broadband, but a ton of us have bought anywhere between 1 and 10 new super-huge hard-drives over the past 2+ years, CD/DVD Burners, spindles of CDRs/DVDRs, and now having downloaded a 40 minute TV episode that is a 1.5 GB xvid 720p, I'm feeling the need for a 3800+ system with a brand new $500 video card!!
    .