Hello! Or change to foobar2000. Its a very nice litle fast player. /Anders. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 they don't > make future versions of Winamp, we can still get the benefits of using the > latest versions we have now. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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 the > > legitimate compalints by blind people about AOL. > > 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, if > > we > >> 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 one > >> > company to pay, to acquire another, I'd reeeeeeally love to understand > >> > this. > >> > 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 company who > >> > say > >> > the software > >> > has been on life support since the resignation of Nullsoft founder and > >> > 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 long until > >> > the > >> > two ideologies > >> > collided. > >> > Frankel and his team were accustomed to simply brainstorming ideas over > >> > coffee and > >> > bringing them to the masses without approval. So when Frankel and > >> > fellow > >> > Nullsoft > >> > developer Tom Pepper devised a decentralized peer-to-peer file sharing > >> > 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 pending > >> > merger with > >> > Time Warner. AOL quickly clamped down on Gnutella, but not before the > >> > software's > >> > source code leaked. Gnutella-based alternatives soon followed, igniting > >> > 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 numerous times, > >> > 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 of Nullsoft's > >> > 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 proud of > >> > their accomplishments. > >> > Winamp helped start a digital audio revolution and boasts an incredible > >> > 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 "a > >> > 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] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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]
