Net is notable as being the first low cost real-time streaming web-based financial portfolio tracker available on the internet for individual investors and active traders.
The name stands for open source phasor data concentrator and was originally designed for the concentration and management of real-time streaming synchrophasors.
A typical application in an airport departure lounge would be to have monitors showing recorded streaming video interspersed with up-to-date flight information.
Having a bunch of multi-millionaire celebrities whine about the pitiful royalty payments of existing streaming companies was going to appeal to the heartstrings of nobody.