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Winamp Down for the Count

Posted by michael on from the elvis.mp3-has-left-the-building dept.

Artifex writes "BetaNews is reporting that the doors at Nullsoft have been closed: '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. Only a few employees remain to prop up the once-ubiquitous digital audio player with minor updates, but no further improvements to Winamp are expected.'" The Register also has a story.

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  1. I guess... by holzp · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess they really are Nullsoft now.

    1. Re:I guess... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      This was really just the whip that broke the llama's ass.

  2. Why the programmers left. by fireboy1919 · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, it wasn't AOL, or commercial business.

    It was because the Llama really whipped Winamp's ass a couple of weeks ago.

    I'm sure it surprised everyone when it happened.

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  3. Re:So Why? by micromoog · · Score: 4, Funny
    1. AOL
    2. iTunes
    3. no more llamas to kick
  4. Re:OS Winamp by RayTardo · · Score: 3, Funny

    So you could package it as closed source and sell it under a different name...

  5. Re:Woah! by SledgeHBK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait, yeah, then they could make a internet service, you know... google 9.0 OPTIMIZED!!!!!1111

    Wait......

  6. Re:Time to open it up! by mog007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps in three years we'll have Mozzila SoundSiren, which will spark a lawsuit threat, so the name will be changed to PhonicPhoenix, which will cause ANOTHER lawsuit, making the offical product AcusticAvian.

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  7. Re:Woah! by halightw · · Score: 3, Funny

    Version 2? wow... that's way up there, I still use the command line based pre-release version 0.00001 beta ;)

  8. Correction by Compact+Dick · · Score: 3, Funny
    Winamp 5 was a steaming turd compared to 3.
    Don't you mean Winamp 3 was a steaming turd compared to 2? Unless of course, you are a Winamp programmer and the shitty 2.x plugin API turned you off.
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  9. Re:Cui bono? by FCAdcock · · Score: 5, Funny

    Open Sourcing Winamp? What would they call it, XMMS?

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  10. Re:Cui bono? by blowdart · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Why would Google do any of those things?"

    You have searched for "U2 leaked CD vertigo.mp3

    Would you like to purchase it for your gplayer?

    Or more worryingly

    You have searched for "Paris Hilton sex video"

    Would you like a new packet of gTissues sent to your home?

  11. Re:Looking for a good WinAmp replacement? by Idarubicin · · Score: 4, Funny
    You can add bell's & whistle's & visualizations if you want.

    Your forgot the apostrophe in "visualization's". :)

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  12. Re:Textbook Example of "What Not To Do(tm)" by bay43270 · · Score: 5, Funny

    You're looking at this over the long term. Think about it in 6-month chunks (like the execs at AOL do):

    Exec 1 buys a great little company for a reasonable price considering the boom (later known as a bubble). He gets a lot of credit and a promotion.

    Exec 2 takes over and refocuses the division on its strengths - service. Exec 2 keeps costs down by discouraging research and development and promoting 'synergy'. Since AOL owns two of every type of software out there, they underfund half the company in the name of savings. Exec 2 gets a promotion.

    Exec 3 takes the new position and wonders why Exec 2 was so highly regarded. Why underfund a product when you can cut funding all together and save even more. Exec 3 takes a CEO job with another fortune 500 company.

    Exec 4 takes the job in 2005 and finds a small upstart making a great new music player. They buy the company for $200 million. Exec 4 gets a promotion.