Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Napster works because people who love music share and participate.

If you think about computer programming, it's as antisocial as it gets.