Could this be the end of Winamp?

[Gryph]

Death Knell Sounds for Nullsoft, Winamp

 

The last members of the original Winamp team have said goodbye to AOL and the door has all but shut on the Nullsoft era, BetaNews has learned.

 

This is indeed sad news, Winamp is bar none the best music player. I've been using it for years and will probably continue to use it for years to come.

[KyokugenKiss]

amen to that! i used to prefer musicmatch jukebox but then the updates got too much like I tunes and i hate I tunes it makes my pc lag! I LOVE WINAMP!!!

 

 

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Edited November 11, 2004 by GameCop

[Ghosty]

Sad, Just Plain Sad,..

 

EDI: At Least There's Still Windows Media Player,...

Edited November 11, 2004 by 666Ghost

[darkmage479]

meh...

 

I hope all those times i stole the newest Winamp version of BitTorrent didn't contribute to Nullsoft's untimely death...

[ugenn]

I think the least they should do to give it an horourable death is to opensource it. It might revive the whole project.

[Aoshi]

man thats sad, even though i dont use it that often it was really a good free music player. Hey does this mean there shutting down the tv servers.

[Swithin]

Didn't everyone jump ship after AOL bought it out? I didn't think anyone was even using WinAmp anymore.

[OverlordMondo]

Everyone uses Winamp. I'm using it now. I use it for more than just listening to music too. It's excellent for converting files.

[ugenn]

Didn't everyone jump ship after AOL bought it out? I didn't think anyone was even using WinAmp anymore.

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Whatdya mean nobody uses Winamp? Everybody uses Winamp! I use Winamp, my mum uses it, my friend's mum uses Winamp, hell even her dog uses Winamp. You don't know what you're talking abt.

[Agozer]

Good ol' Winamp. I ain't changing it to any other music player.

 

I think it's time to update to the latest version and then create a shine on my comp.

Edited November 11, 2004 by Agozer

[Daeval]

One more reason to hate AOL, as if the rest of the internet needs anymore. Anyone else remember when they bought up the best damn instant messenger on the net, Mirabilis' ICQ? It wasn't long before that was destroyed also. An interesting quote:

"In addition to its international reach, ICQ has tremendous appeal among young, technically sophisticated Web users and there is remarkably little overlap with AOL."

-America Online President and Chief Operating Officer Bob Pittman

 

Winamp was getting bloaty in its later forms, maybe it was time for it to go. The question now is, what's next? Someone with enough programming experience will be angry at its demise. We can only hope.

Edited November 11, 2004 by Daeval