I don't know what to think. After some thought I really don't know what to think. On one hand this is great because it attracts more people to our network, but that is the only thing that is good about it. There client software is nothing more than a slightly stripped down ~old~ version of Gnucleus. I understand this was a desperate early release to keep there user base, and I really hope they get better in the future.
My biggest fear is that they will just take and not give. They are used to leeching off of Stream Cast and I doubt that they even have any capable programmers. All they had to do with there old software was slap there logos and ads on it, and this is all they have done to Gnucleus.
On the other hand they could be a great asset and contribute a lot of development to the network and introduce new features. They are a big corporation and have deep pockets for development. But this is a double edged sword, being a big corporation and may not care about the needs of the smaller developers.
I guess we'll just have to wait and see how this all pans out. For now I’m gonna' keep using Gnucleus because it is newer and doesn't have any spyware/adware. Does anyone know if Music City has released the source yet, Gnucleus is GPL so they have to.
Last edited by MtDewJunkE; March 2nd, 2002 at 03:24 PM.
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