Posted by Loco Jones on 10/10/05 01:57

"Don Wiss" <donwiss@no_spam.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 9 Oct 2005, Loco Jones wrote:
> >> But FC is one fellow. Working in his spare time. [...]
> >
> >Well, I know about Kevin Hearn, but I'd be interested in hearing
> >in how you determined he works alone, and only in his spare
> >time, no less. Speculation or verifiable fact?
>
> There is no evidence of any other person. Other than an occasional
> interview with Slyck, there is no contact with the outside world.
> He makes it hard to even send him e-mails, to which he does read,
> but never replies to. No effort is made to have a fancy web site.
> If there was a second person just what are they doing?
>
> As for part-time, this comes from the sporadic nature of upgrades.
> If a programmer was working on it full time there wouldn't be that
> long gap between upgrades. And since the program provides him
> with almost no income (save a few dollars for ads on the winmx.
> com site) one would expect him to be doing something else for
> income.
>
> The best software comes from single programmers. A good example
> is the ripping software from poikosoft.com. He makes it clear that it
> is only himself. He does work on it full time, and because of this
> there are frequent updates.

Not bad, as speculative theories go.

I'm not arguing with you (I said I was "curious", not contentious) - but I
think I will wait for something a little more verifiable, thanks.

OTOH, if it turns out you are correct, then I'd say this one lone
individual, tinkering away in his spare time, certainly did a great service
for the *ideal* of unfettered P2P and as such, deserves every accolade his
due. Kevin could be as famous as Shawn Fanning, even if he doesn't see the
same payday when the ink is dry.

- Loco
(Now Playing: Who Knows - Jimi Hendrix)

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