Shawn Fanning quotes

“Independent artists and labels have always been the trendsetters in music and the music business.”
-- Shawn Fanning

Source : "Napster brings indie labels on board" by Dan Milmo, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2001.

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“If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.”
-- Shawn Fanning

Source : "The Music Swapper: Shawn Fanning". From Interview with Jeff Howe, www.wired.com. August 01, 2005.

#Thinking Quotes #Computer Quotes #Antisocial Quotes

“I think in terms of the work were doing now a lot of the UI cleanup... I see it getting much prettier.”
-- Shawn Fanning

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“Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design.”
-- Shawn Fanning

Source : "Q&A: Napster creator Shawn Fanning". Interview with Giancarlo Varanini, www.zdnet.com. March 3, 2000.

#Design Quotes #Today Quotes #Clients Quotes

“Nobody has ever built a reliable peer-to-peer service, where people can really access all the music they want in one location,... Once I got it into my head, I couldn't imagine the media space without one.”
-- Shawn Fanning

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“Napster works because people who love music share and participate.”
-- Shawn Fanning

Source : "Federal Court Tells Napster to Stop Trading Copyrighted Material". "CNN Today", www.cnn.com. February 12, 2001.

#People Quotes #Napster Quotes #Music Love Quotes

“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

Source : "Q&A: Napster creator Shawn Fanning". Interview with Giancarlo Varanini, www.zdnet.com. March 3, 2000.

#Thinking Quotes #Media Quotes #Data Quotes

“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

Source : "The Music Swapper: Shawn Fanning". From Interview with Jeff Howe, www.wired.com. August 01, 2005.

#Successful Quotes #Actors Quotes #Levels Quotes

“There really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded. I think it was an excellent solution to the reliability issues with existing search engines.”
-- Shawn Fanning

Source : "Q&A: Napster creator Shawn Fanning". Interview with Giancarlo Varanini, March 3, 2000.

#Thinking Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Issues Quotes

“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

Source : "Q&A: Napster creator Shawn Fanning". Interview with Giancarlo Varanini, www.zdnet.com. March 3, 2000.

#Thinking Quotes #Media Quotes #Brilliant Quotes

“That's why I ended up leaving school - because it required so much time, and it was such an excellent idea. I figured I would regret not going full force with this idea. It seemed we could make something of it.”
-- Shawn Fanning

Source : "Q&A: Napster creator Shawn Fanning". Interview with Giancarlo Varanini, www.zdnet.com. March 3, 2000.

#Regret Quotes #School Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“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

Source : "Q&A: Napster creator Shawn Fanning". Interview with Giancarlo Varanini, www.zdnet.com. March 3, 2000.

#Thinking Quotes #Numbers Quotes #People Quotes

“It was very early, and we were still like beta or alpha stage, and so we started receiving a ton of download. The server became overloaded, and that's when I realized that this had a huge market.”
-- Shawn Fanning

Source : "Q&A: Napster creator Shawn Fanning". Interview with Giancarlo Varanini, www.zdnet.com. March 03, 2000.

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