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  MP3 Central: Justin Frankel (page 1)
Justin Frankel, kneeling center, and his buddies, from left, Fritz Jünker, Tom Pepper, and Brennan Underwood mug for the camera, New York, July, 1999.
Frankel, 16, is so far ahead of his nearest competitor that, just for yucks, he decides to write a little "fork bomb" -- a program that splits itself repeatedly until it swamps a computer system.
Justin Frankel, disabler of systems, is currently worth $70 million.
www.time.com /time/digital/reports/mp3/frankel.html   (266 words)

  
 New York Lawyer | Connecticut Attorney | Pennsylvania Insurance Claims
Frankel also has worked in politics, serving as a Legislative Assistant to the Deputy Minority leader of the New York State Senate, and as Campaign Director for a United States Congressman.
Frankel is a lecturer to bar association groups and medical organizations regarding disability claims, and is an author of several articles on Disability Insurance.
Frankel is admitted to practice in the states of New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut, as well as the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern District of New York, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second, Third and Fourth Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.
www.frankelnewfield.com /attorneys.asp   (503 words)

  
 The Nullsoft Story - Developers of Winamp Media Player
Justin Frankel (right), in mid 1997, in his hometown of Sedona, AZ.
Justin had but one goal in mind while coding the early versions of Winamp.
Once that goal was realized (thank goodness), Justin decided to give the player away so that the rest of us could find that ever-elusive thang known as amore.
www.winamp.com /about/story   (738 words)

  
  Rolling Stone : The World's Most Dangerous Geek
It's Saturday night in San Francisco as Justin Frankel, gangly and bed-headed, ambles through the warehouse garage he aptly calls his "playground." He has come here, as he often does, to screw around on his drums or his Moog or electric guitar.
After that, Frankel says, AOL kept him on "a very short leash," steering him away from interviewers and encouraging him to focus on Winamp, the program they paid him 100 million friggin' dollars to work on in the first place.
On May 28th, 2003, four years to the date that he was acquired, Frankel rebelled again -- uploading Waste as a way to force AOL to deal with it, and him, once and for all.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5938320/the_worlds_most_dangerous_geek   (2628 words)

  
  Justin Frankel
Justin Frankel is one of the programmers responsible for the Winamp computer program.
Frankel dropped out of the University of Utah to form the Nullsoft corporation (1998); which was purchased by AOL (1999), for $86M.
Frankel threatened to resign (June 2, 2003) after AOL removed his program Waste from the Nullsoft website.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ju/Justin_Frankel.html   (72 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Justin Frankel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Justin Frankel is an American computer programmer best known for his work on the Winamp media player application, and for inventing the Gnutella peer-to-peer system.
Justin Frankel is a computer programmer best known for his work on the Winamp media player application, and for inventing the Gnutella peer-to-peer system.
Frankel dropped out of the University of Utah to form the Nullsoft corporation (1998); which was purchased by AOL (1999), for $86M.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Justin-Frankel   (1979 words)

  
 Genesis-X: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Frankel was an archetypal anti-establishment drop-out, with whizz-kid potential, who went on to do things "his own way".
The company Frankel founded to distribute this software, Nullsoft, was subsequently (and predictably) subject to takeover by none other than that industry giant AOL.
Undeterred, Frankel continued development towards version 5 (using the v2.x code as a starting point, but integrating the more useful features of v3.x), which was finally released in December 2003.
homepages.nildram.co.uk /~kgr/news/article00006.html   (682 words)

  
 Justin Frankel: The World's Most Dangerous Geek
It's Saturday night in San Francisco as Justin Frankel, gangly and bed-headed, ambles through the warehouse garage he aptly calls his "playground." He has come here, as he often does, to screw around on his drums or his Moog or electric guitar.
After that, Frankel says, AOL kept him on "a very short leash," steering him away from interviewers and encouraging him to focus on Winamp, the program they paid him 100 million friggin' dollars to work on in the first place.
Frankel's half brother Brennan, another Nullsoft staffer, is belting out these lyrics for a song about obedience and oppression.
forums.canadiancontent.net /computers-internet/33578-justin-frankel-worlds-most-dangerous-geek.html   (2584 words)

  
 Nullsoft founder says he's had it with AOL | CNET News.com
Frankel's comments come less than a week after AOL pulled a program he authored called Waste that enables small groups of people to create secure networks for sharing computer files.
Winamp was Frankel's first creation and drew so many users that AOL acquired his company in 1999.
Frankel's possible resignation puts a cloud over future versions of Winamp, which recently emerged from a major overhaul but has been sent back to the drawing board after complaints over the upgrade.
news.com.com /2100-1032-1012833.html   (539 words)

  
 AOL does without the rebels within - Next   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Before the AOL days, Nullsoft founder Justin Frankel and his team of whiz-kids practically invented the MP3 craze when they rolled out their Winamp player and Shoutcast server.
Frankel quit AOL at the beginning of this year and Nullsoft's shutdown looks like the final act.
Frankel, a grunge-dressing slacker from Sedona, Arizona, was a teenage college dropout in 1997 when he wrote Winamp, the first program that made playing MP3s on a PC point-and-click simple.
www.smh.com.au /technology/ - !http://www.smh.com.au/news/Next/AOL-does-without-the-rebels-within/2004/11/22/1100972317321.html   (873 words)

  
 disinformation | justin frankel: riot nrrrd
At the ripe old age of 19, Justin Frankel single-handedly turned the record industry on its ear and revolutionaized digital music.
Justin Frankel grew up in Sedona, AZ and started a software company ('Nullsoft' - a jab at Microsoft) based around his Winamp player.
Justin Frankel is currently worth over US$70 million and barely in his 20s.
www.disinfo.com /archive/pages/dossier/id268/pg1/index.html   (357 words)

  
 Controversial Winamp creator resigns from AOL | CNET News.com
Frankel's most notable run-in with AOL occurred in 2000, when he posted a peer-to-peer file-sharing service called Gnutella.
In May 2003, Frankel was forced to pull a software program called Waste, which let users set up private networks equipped with peer-to-peer file sharing and instant messaging.
Soon after Waste was pulled, Frankel threatened to quit AOL but later reconsidered to help complete the new version of Winamp.
news.com.com /2100-1032_3-5147599.html   (613 words)

  
 The death of the last maverick tech company. - By Paul Boutin - Slate Magazine
Frankel quit at the beginning of this year, and Nullsoft's shutdown nails the coffin lid shut.
Frankel, a grunge-dressing slacker from Sedona, Ariz., was a teenage college dropout in 1997 when he wrote Winamp, the first program that made playing MP3s on a PC point-and-click simple.
Frankel told Rolling Stone that he tried to persuade AOL to release WASTE themselves as a way to revive their fast-falling customer base.
www.slate.com /id/2109615   (1043 words)

  
 Enciclopedia - Justin Frankel
Justin Frankel es uno de los programadores responsables por el programa de computadora Winamp.
Frankel abandonó sus estudios en la Universidad de Utah para formar la empresa de software Nullsoft en 1998; la cual fue adquirida por AOL en 1999 por la suma de 86 millones de dólares.
Frankel amenazó con renunciar el 2 de junio de 2003, tras que AOL retirara el programa Waste del sitio web de Nullsoft.
www.enciclopedia.com /es/j/ju/justin_frankel.php   (100 words)

  
 Justin Frankel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Frankel sold Nullsoft to AOL in (1999), for around $100100 million.
He stayed with AOL after that in order to complete Winamp version 5.0, even though on December 9, 2003 AOL shut down Nullsoft's San Francisco offices and laid off 450 employees.
ha ha." One of Justin's current projects in development (according to his weblog) is a programmable effects processor called Jesusonic [1].
www.casimiro.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/j/ju/justin_frankel.html   (677 words)

  
 davidkushner.com - The World's Most Dangerous Geek
It's Saturday night in San Francisco as Justin Frankel, gangly and bed-headed, ambles through the warehouse garage he aptly calls his "playground." He has come here, as he often does, to screw around on his drums or his Moog or electric guitar.
After that, Frankel says, AOL kept him on "a very short leash," steering him away from interviewers and encouraging him to focus on Winamp, the program they paid him 100 million friggin' dollars to work on in the first place.
Frankel's half brother Brennan, another Nullsoft staffer, is belting out these lyrics for a song about obedience and oppression.
members.authorsguild.net /dkushner/work15.htm   (2916 words)

  
 Justin Frankel, el programador más peligroso del mundo anda suelto.
Justin Frankel, el polémico programador prodigio, de cuyo talento salieron WinAmp, Gnutella y Waste, recupera la libertad e inicia un nuevo camino en solitario, que mete el miedo en el cuerpo a más de uno.
El anuncio ha sido hecho público por el mismo Frankel en su bitácora, y supone el fin de un interminable capítulo de enfrentamientos, que comenzó cuando en 1.999, con apenas 19 años de edad vendió su empresa NullSoft, propietaria de WinAmp, a AOL por 100 millones de dólares.
Sin ningún género de dudas, Frankel es un programador prodigioso, pero demasiado incómodo para trabajar a las órdenes de una compañía como AOL.
www.hispamp3.com /noticias/noticia.php?noticia=20040127111407   (247 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Justin Frankel
Frankel's stake of 522,661 shares in the acquisition was worth approximately $59 million.
Frankel's father Charles Frankel's stake of 130,664 shares was worth approximately $15 million.
A couple of Justin's current projects in development (according to his weblog) is a programmable effects processor called Jesusonic
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Justin_Frankel   (871 words)

  
 The Old Joel on Software Forum - Justin Frankel leaves Nullsoft.
The interesting part is Justin feels that company for which he is working owns his code and controls it.
As far as what Frankel does now, why does everyone assume that leaving AOL with enough money not to have to work means that he's going to exit the software field and tend bar or open a club?
If you're an employee (as Justin Frankel was), the code and the copywrite is the property of the company.
discuss.fogcreek.com /joelonsoftware/?cmd=show&ixPost=48068   (725 words)

  
 Justin Frankel, Nullsoft, & Winamp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Frankel, now a 20 year old multi-millionare, decided that there had to be a better way to listen to MP3 files on PC's than what he was presented with at the time.
Winamp, which Frankel has now sold to American Online for millions of dollars, is the premier player of MP3 files on the web.
If Frankel had not developed such an impressive player, the MP3 movement in music may only be a small splash in the pond.
www.ils.unc.edu /~everj/mp3/DrivingForce.htm   (518 words)

  
 Nullsoft Winamp creator Justin Frankel resigns from AOL - CD Freaks.com
Justin Fankel was the original creator of Winamp which became the world's most popular software MP3 player in the late 90's.
Justin loved working with his friends on Winamp, but hated dealing with the AOL's regime or its way of running its American business.
In 2003 Justin began working on another private peer-to-peer tool called Waste where users could create and join in on private peer-to-peer networks that cannot be accessed by the public without the network owner's membership.
www.cdfreaks.com /news/Nullsoft-Winamp-creator-Justin-Frankel-resigns-from-AOL.html   (1052 words)

  
 Justin Frankel, Nullsoft, & Winamp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Frankel, now a 20 year old multi-millionare, decided that there had to be a better way to listen to MP3 files on PC's than what he was presented with at the time.
Winamp, which Frankel has now sold to American Online for millions of dollars, is the premier player of MP3 files on the web.
If Frankel had not developed such an impressive player, the MP3 movement in music may only be a small splash in the pond.
ils.unc.edu /~everj/mp3/DrivingForce.htm   (518 words)

  
 WEDDINGS; Rachel Dansky, Justin Frankel - New York Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Rachel Morgan Dansky, a daughter of Gari Hill Dansky and Ira Dansky of Stamford, Conn., was married yesterday evening to Justin Louis Frankel, the son of Evelyn and Paul Frankel of Armonk, N.Y. Rabbi Douglas Krantz officiated at the Pierre in New York.
Frankel, 26, is an interior designer at her mother's interior design company in Stamford.
Frankel, 27, is a vice president for investor strategies at Merrill Lynch & Company in New York.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9F01EEDA1039F932A15754C0A9649C8B63&sec=&pagewanted=print   (138 words)

  
 Warp2Search.Net Your Daily Tech News Service - Winamp Master-Mind Justin Frankel To Leave Nullsoft
Apparently Justin Frankel is taking his consequences after the recent Waste fiasco that took place at Nullsoft.
Frankel has been one of the pioneers behind the world's most famous media player Winamp.
Frankel has now posted his opinion on his personal homepage: "The company controls the most effective means of self-expression I have.
www.warp2search.net /modules.php?name=News&file=article&thold=-1&mode=flat&order=0&sid=12501   (651 words)

  
 Webfroot » Justin Frankel resigns from Nullsoft (an AOL Subsidary)
Justin Frankel resigns from Nullsoft (an AOL Subsidary)
Justin Frankel, father of Winamp, and Gnutella has resigned from Nullsoft.
Frankel released WASTE, AOL disapproved and forced him to pull it, so Frankel complies, and a few days later, resigns from Nullsoft.
www.webfroot.co.nz /archives/2003/06/07/justin-frankel-resigns-from-nullsoft-an-aol-subsidary   (147 words)

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