] "I really had been putting it off long enough; it was
] just that time," Frankel wrote Monday. "Launching Winamp
] 5 was a big goal of mine for the last nine months, and
] having it out in the wild made it that much easier to
] move on."

It sounded like he made his decision to leave right after AOL canned Waste on him.. His .plan at the time sounded like someone who's mind was already made up and wasn't going to change. One bitten, twice fuck you.. Or something like that.. However, much to his credit, Frankel followed through on Winamp 5 before leaving.

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