But I just really think there is a natural extension into other types of media because it's an excellent system for reliably locating and retrieving content. Shawn Fanning contentexcellentextension Change image and share on social
I think then, when we started receiving the first of the user feedback, feedback from people that I had not specifically told about it, but had spread from friend to friend and then they were giving us feedback. Shawn Fanning feedbackfriendgive share on social
Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design. Shawn Fanning clientdesignexist Change image and share on social
It's been all over the press, and schools are deciding to shut it down. We released a public announcement saying that we had some potential solutions that we were working with, and once we had something concrete we would start implementing it and approach schools. Shawn Fanning announcementapproachconcrete share on social
I think it's pretty obvious to most people that Napster is not media specific, but I could see a system like Napster evolving into something that allows users to locate and retrieve different types of data other than just MP3s or audio files. Shawn Fanning audiodatumevolve share on social
Well, user feedback was excellent. Even when the software didn't work at all, there were few people who were avid users, and there were people who were just sending excellent feedback and excellent ideas. Shawn Fanning avidexcellentfeedback share on social
If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets. Shawn Fanning antisocialcomputerprogram Change image and share on social
If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared. But how often does that happen to a programmer? Shawn Fanning actorfamehappen Change image and share on social
He said this has the potential to be the first broadband killer application, and it has sort of become the truth because obviously it's so bandwidth intensive. I mean, it has been an issue. Shawn Fanning applicationbandwidthbroadband Change image and share on social
I think the most difficult thing had been scaling the infrastructure. Trying to support the response we had received from our users and the number of people that were interested in using the software. Shawn Fanning difficultinfrastructureinterest Change image and share on social