The home of the iconic media player product, long ago sold to AOL, will become an empty storefront Dec 20th, with version 5.66 the last released. Like an old song, only sixteen.
http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/5800475/rip-winamp-1997-2013-marking-the-end-of-the-beginning The techies are already touting alternatives... examples here: http://www.ghacks.net/2013/11/21/whats-best-winamp-alternative-now-shutting/ Late word that Microsoft will bid on the site, but not its kin shoutcast.com, a go-to for audio streaming feeds: http://techcrunch.com/2013/11/21/source-microsoft-in-talks-to-buy-shoutcast-and-winamp-from-aol/?ncid=fb B -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
