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Foobar breaks free of world's longest development cycle and reaches V1.0
There isn't much else to add that I didn't cover in the previous article. Foobar is a music player. That's basically all it does. It touts a customizable UI, but I don't know many people that bother with that. There are also some nice output modules -- if you've downloaded some music in a crazy AC3 Quadrophonic format, Foobar can almost certainly play it.
If you need more details, head over to the Foobar site.
Official direct download / Official torrent download (go on, be nice)
[Shall we take bets on how long it takes to reach 2.0?]
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Subscribe to commentsScooterGJan 12th 2010 3:06PM
About time you reported on this!
Sebastian AnthonyJan 12th 2010 3:28PM
I wasn't going to, but I was forced to by my boss :)
JoshJan 12th 2010 3:20PM
VLC was longer, I believe. 13 years of development before it's 1.0 release, according to Wikipedia.
Sebastian AnthonyJan 12th 2010 3:32PM
13! Jesus, I didn't know.
I guess that's still the 'winner' then.
TordreJan 12th 2010 3:49PM
WINE according to Wikipedia had 15 years of development time before hitting 1.0 a bit over a year ago.
Daniel BloisJan 12th 2010 3:32PM
I think Gmail is longer as well!!
JoshJan 12th 2010 3:36PM
Gmail was only a few years. Foobar was 8-9 years and VLC was 13. Gmail really wasn't that long of a development cycle, to be honest.
216Jan 12th 2010 3:53PM
gmail was 5 years i wanna say
cybercapitalistJan 12th 2010 3:55PM
The longest development cycle goes to Duke Nukem Forever.
tordreJan 12th 2010 4:10PM
The record in question actually needs a 1.0 release to be claimed... Duke Nukem Forever wont be able to claim the title until they release a finished product. As mentioned above it is currently tied with VLC, if released today, or needs to wait 2 more years to best WINE.
Sebastian AnthonyJan 12th 2010 4:22PM
And when that finally hits 1.0, I will write about it :P
Drew GreenJan 12th 2010 4:38PM
That's why I was thinking. Duke Nukem Never
cybercapitalistJan 12th 2010 4:43PM
Yes, but if it take forever to get to a 1.0 release it will always have the longest development cycle. LOL!
JoshJan 12th 2010 9:33PM
For it to win the title, it would have to prove it is more than vaporware. And with its developer shutting down, it doesn't look good. lol
blogwardJan 12th 2010 3:56PM
Has Windows got to Alpha yet?
Andre RamonJan 12th 2010 5:27PM
Your grammar seems to be pre-Alpha.
blogwardJan 12th 2010 5:44PM
Oooh, look! A keyboard warrior!
nikescarJan 12th 2010 6:36PM
When I was beta testing your mom I pre-released all over her face while she screamed my name, "Alpha dog!"
Sebastian AnthonyJan 12th 2010 8:36PM
Calm down gentlemen :P