| Nullsoft is a software house founded by Justin Frankel in 1997. As a team of
developers, they have created several popular computer programs, notably the media playback software Winamp and the streaming MP3 server SHOUTcast.
The company's name is a humorous take on Microsoft, noting that null is smaller than micro. Nullsoft was acquired by
America Online on June 1,
1999, and from that point onward exists as a subsidiary. It is currently a division of AOL Music.
Nullsoft created NSIS, an open
source, scriptable, installer system. The program is now a widely used alternative to InstallShield. Their latest developments include the Nullsoft Streaming Video (NSV) format, whose goal is to be easily streamed, and to support any
audio and video codec.
NSV is being used on Nullsoft Television [1] (http://www.nullsoft.com/ntv/). NSV is the
only format accepted by Nullsoft's Worldwide Public Access Television. Another place NSV is used is on the (in development)
Ultravox system.
On November 11, 2004 news broke that
AOL closed the company. These were unsubstantiated rumours relating to the recent departure of several key members in the months
before.
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