Gnutella (pronounced /nuːˈtɛlə/ with a silent g, but often /ɡnuːˈtɛlə/) is a file sharing network. In late 2007, it was the most popular file sharing network on the Internet with an estimated market share of more than 40%. In June 2005, Gnutella's population was 1.81 million computers.
The first client was developed by Justin Frankel and Tom Pepper of Nullsoft in early 2000, soon after the company's acquisition by AOL. On March 14, the program wa...
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Nullsoft, Inc. is a software house founded in Sedona, Arizona in 1997 by Justin Frankel. Its most famous products include the Winamp media player and the SHOUTcast MP3 streaming media server. In recent years, their open source installer system, NSIS, has also risen in popularity as a widely used...
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