Re[2]: The Slow Death Of Winamp?
- From: Stephen Clower <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Curtis Delzer <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:27:37 -0600
Hello Curtis
In addition, since you can write input plugins for the program,
chances are that any new audio filetypes that get created will be
playable by Winamp. Hence, it's staying right where it is on my
computer.
On Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 8:23:05 PM, you stood on a roof and loudly
proclaimed:
> I second this, and in spades. Winamp is the player I am to use until I
> cannot or it isnot supported by what we play or how we make our cds or
> playlists. There are a lot of utility programs which Winamp is needed to
> use properly.
> Curtis Delzer
> At 04:46 PM 11/10/2004, you wrote:
>>Just because they're not devoloping the player doesn't mean you have to stop
>>using it.
>>
>>I've been using winamp for like 7 years now, and it's not going anywhere on
>>my system!
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Ron Canazzi" <aa2vm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: "Winamp For The Blind" <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 6:00 PM
>>Subject: FWD: The Slow Death Of Winamp?
>>
>>
>> > Hi Group,
>> > Does this really mean the slow death of Winamp? Read on and comment if
>>you
>> > wish.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Cory Samaha" <
>> > csamaha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > To: <
>> > blindtech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >
>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 3:59 PM
>> > Subject: What to do about winamp slowly dying?
>> >
>> > Hey guys, This article was just posted to betanews today. It is so sad,
>>as
>> > I have been using winamp for about 5 years now and it was always a very
>> > stable, solid, easy to use and fast audio player with many fantastic plug
>> > ins that made it even better. I hate to think that we must all migrate to
>> > windows media player some day. Does anyone have another audio player they
>> > found that is as good as Winamp? Anyway, here is the article incase
>>anyone
>> > is interested.
>> >
>> > 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.
>> > Click here to find out more!
>> > \
>> > 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.
>> > P
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