----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Holmberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: The Future of Winamp
Hello!
Or change to foobar2000.
Its a very nice litle fast player.
/Anders.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: The Future of Winamp
It may be a good idea to write AOL, but as Marty stated, even if theydon'tmake future versions of Winamp, we can still get the benefits of using thethe
latest versions we have now.
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:22 PM
Subject: Re: The Future of Winamp
> Are people writing AOL? > I am serious.. I was amazed during oneo f the Nine Eleven fundraisers > hosted by AOL that oone of their telephone volunteers knew all about> legitimate compalints by blind people about AOL.if
> I am willing to write and call on this issue.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 11:26 AM
> Subject: Re: The Future of Winamp
>
>
>> It's too bad this is happening to one of the best players around. If
>> they
>> stop development of Winamp, we'll just have to keep the one we've got,> weone
>> can use it.
>> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 5:39 AM
>> Subject: Fwd: The Future of Winamp
>>
>>
>> > *********** BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE ***********
>> > On 11/11/2004 at 3:44 PM geoff chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > check this out, AOL pays 100 million dollars for this one little
>> > nullsoft
>> > company? amazing! just amazing!
>> >
>> > If anyone would like to educate me as to how one little program that
>> > does
>> > one little job, could possibly become worth, such a huge figure to>> > company to pay, to acquire another, I'd reeeeeeally love tounderstand>> > this.who
>> > something about the world I just don't get here yet obviously.
>> >
>> > ... goodness, one more thing! <grin>.
>> >
>> >>From an article on the Betanews site:
>> > Death Knell Sounds for Nullsoft, Winamp
>> > By
>> > Nate Mook
>> > , BetaNews
>> > November 10, 2004, 1:26 PM
>> > 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.
>> > \
>> > Winamp's demise comes as no surprise to those close to the companyand>> > say >> > the software >> > has been on life support since the resignation of Nullsoft founderuntil>> > Winamp creator >> > Justin Frankel last January. >> > The marriage of Nullsoft and AOL was always one of discontent. After >> > AOL >> > acquired >> > the small company in 1999 for around $100 million, the young team of >> > Winamp developers >> > was assimilated into a strict corporate culture that begged for >> > rebellion. >> > Although >> > Nullsoft was initially given a long leash by AOL, It wasn't longover>> > the >> > two ideologies >> > collided. >> > Frankel and his team were accustomed to simply brainstorming ideassharing>> > coffee and >> > bringing them to the masses without approval. So when Frankel and >> > fellow >> > Nullsoft >> > developer Tom Pepper devised a decentralized peer-to-peer filepending>> > system, dubbed >> > Gnutella, parent AOL was left in the dark. >> > Gnutella was unveiled >> > in March 2000, much to the chagrin of an unprepared AOL; executives >> > feared >> > the program >> > would encourage copyright infringement and damage the company's>> > merger withigniting
>> > Time Warner. AOL quickly clamped down on Gnutella, but not before >> > the
>> > software's
>> > source code leaked. Gnutella-based alternatives soon followed,times,>> > a >> > peer-to-peer >> > land grab that has yet to subside. >> > But AOL knew it had to protect its investment and turn a profit from >> > the >> > freely available >> > Winamp. Frankel and crew found themselves in hot water numerousNullsoft's>> > but >> > always >> > escaped with little more than a proverbial slap on the wrist. >> > However, growing displeasure reached a boiling point with Nullsoft's >> > unsanctioned >> > release of WASTE >> > -- an encrypted file-sharing network -- in June 2003. Frankel >> > threatened >> > to resign >> > after AOL >> > removed WASTE >> > , but remained with the company long enough to finish Winamp 5.0. >> > Frankel's departure followed AOL layoffs and the closure ofof>> > San >> > Francisco >> > offices in December 2003. >> > With AOL struggling to stave off declining subscriber numbers and >> > 700 additional layoffs >> > planned for next month, the company's focus has shifted away from >> > supporting acquisitions >> > such as Winamp. >> > Despite the somber farewell, Nullsoft's former masterminds are proudincredible>> > their accomplishments. >> > Winamp helped start a digital audio revolution and boasts an"a>> > 60 >> > million >> > users per month. >> > After a disappointing >> > Winamp3 >> > , Nullsoft developers returned to the drawing board and completed >> > long-standing goals >> > with the release of >> > Winamp 5.0 >> > in late 2003. >> > Nullsoft's >> > Shoutcast >> > , which pioneered audio streaming over the Internet, is called "the >> > Net's >> > best secret" >> > by its creator Tom Pepper and has reached 170,000 simultaneous users >> > accounting for >> > 70 million hours of listening each month. >> > For its part, AOL says it remains committed to Winamp, stating it is>> > thriving >> > product that AOL continues to support and will continue to support." >> > But without those who poured their heart and soul into building the >> > software, Winamp >> > seems destined to meet a fate similar to fellow audio player >> > Sonique >> > , after Lycos saw the departure of its development team. Sonique has >> > stagnated for >> > years, and development ceased altogether last March. >> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > When you have eliminated the impossible. >> > whatever remains, however improbable, >> > must be the truth. >> > *********** END FORWARDED MESSAGE *********** >> > >> > Regards Steve, >> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Skype: steve1963 >> > MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> > http://www.pc-audio.org >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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