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by n-named 6027 days ago
Nullsoft was bought by AOL in June 1999 for US$80 million. [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winamp#Winamp_2

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Interesting information. This was the time when the bubble was expanding rapidly. Anything got sold for $80 million in those days.

I'm sure that Frankel is an excellent programmer, but this in no way an example that excellent programmers are generally rewarded according to their ability.