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.
Shawn FanningIt was very early, and we were still like beta or alpha stage, and so we started receiving a ton of download. The server became overloaded, and that's when I realized that this had a huge market.
Shawn FanningThere really was nothing like it at the time. We had good ideas for implementation, so we proceeded. I think it was an excellent solution to the reliability issues with existing search engines.
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