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Which software was ahead of its time? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 10 months ago by Windows94 to c/[email protected]

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[–] the_one 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not sure it was ahead of its time, it revolutionized an entire industry. To me it feels more as if it came at the exact right time.

[–] krasny 3 points 10 months ago

It is considered the first p2p program, back in the days we only know the client-server way to download things from internet. It also created a big problem from audio companies which in that days they only knew physical formats.