It was even better than sending a file, though. You could just point the settings to the folder you wanted to share and anyone on your buddies list could browse the shared folder and download what they wanted if you were online.
AOL hired the Winamp guys and they immediately pioneered the Gnutella firesharing system. It was available for less than a day before AOL corporate went “Oh shit” and tried clawing it back. Too late.
It was even better than sending a file, though. You could just point the settings to the folder you wanted to share and anyone on your buddies list could browse the shared folder and download what they wanted if you were online.
AOL hired the Winamp guys and they immediately pioneered the Gnutella firesharing system. It was available for less than a day before AOL corporate went “Oh shit” and tried clawing it back. Too late.