Peerevolution Interviews Limewire

[Yoda]

Recently Yoda caught up with the LimeWire Development and asked them a few questions regarding the application and it's 4.0 version. If you are a fan of Limewire, or just want to check up on some info regarding LimeWire, check this interview out.

Peerevolution: When was Limewire started and at the time what plans did you have for Limewire?

Limewire: We began development of LimeWire in June 2000. Our vision for the future of the P2P client was as a smart agent that could locate information as well as files. The client would access the network and pull together relevent results for anything you were interested in.

We saw large corporations and websites participating in the network and

providing information and files to the public. If you were interested in a

car, then Ford, GM and Toyota would answer your search with useful

information, images and documents. As part of this broader idea of what the

network would provide, we build servers to tie into websites and databases.

At the same time, we expected the public to be part of the network and for

it to be a level playing field for all.

Peerevolution: How many developers were working on the Limewire project when it was first started?

Limewire: We started with 5 or 6 developers and we have 5 or 6 now. There were a couple more developers working on crawling, pong caching and our server product at one time. We peaked with a handful of business developers

running around as well but they are long gone. Now, we are very focused on

the LimeWire client software.

Peerevolution: When you started Limewire did you think it would ever become this popular?

Limewire: Basically yes. Our goal is to reach 100 million or more users so we still have a ways to go. We want ubiquity. Our owner forsaw that P2P clients were the wave of the future and would supplant central server based software. However, even now it is pretty amazing to role out software to a few million users.

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[Meehowski]

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