It was in 2001 that I first developed Ampache (technically, I hacked it up). I needed something that would let me stream music from my home library to me when I was connected to the Internet. I traveled quite a bit back then and didn’t have a laptop so having my music in one place and streamable was the next best thing.
I developed the software for about 2 years but then my excitement faded but that of people in the community didn’t. This is when Karl Vollmer picked up after I let the project lag and I handed it over to his insanely capable hands. I noticed this morning that Karl has launched version 3.4 (well, its out there in SVN now) and I’m amazed that after 6 years the project is still going strong. Karl has been able to get it integrated into several distros and has always make sure to make it an easy installation.
I still use a private instance of Ampache and am always pleased to see the software continuing to evolve and be something way more than I had ever originally envisioned.
Props to you Karl … keep up the great work.