Re: death nulls for nullsoft
- From: "Rob Robinson" <robert.trj@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:01:33 -0500
Hi Marty. I don't know what email program you are using, but I get an =20
every other word. It makes your email message almost impossible to read.
Make some changes, and try resending it in.
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Robert Robinson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Marty Rimpau" <mrimpau@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "winamp for the blind list" <winamp4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 7:04 AM
Subject: death nulls for nullsoft
>
Hi=20all,=20this=20came=20from=20another=20list=20and=20thought=20you=20gu=
> ys=20would=20be
> interested=20in=20this=20article.=20=20
>
>
Hey=20guys,=20This=20article=20was=20just=20posted=20to=20betanews=20today=
> .=20=20It=20is=20so
> sad,=20as
>
I=20have=20been=20using=20winamp=20for=20about=205=20years=20now=20and=20i=
> t=20was=20always=20a=20very
>
stable,=20solid,=20easy=20to=20use=20and=20fast=20audio=20player=20with=20=
> many=20fantastic
> plug
>
ins=20that=20made=20it=20even=20better.=20=20I=20hate=20to=20think=20that=20
=
> we=20must=20all=20migrate
> to
>
windows=20media=20player=20some=20day.=20=20Does=20anyone=20have=20another=
> =20audio=20player
> they
>
found=20that=20is=20as=20good=20as=20Winamp?=20=20Anyway,=20here=20is=20th=
> e=20article=20incase
> anyone
> is=20interested.
>
> Death=20Knell=20Sounds=20for=20Nullsoft,=20Winamp
> By
> Nate=20Mook
> ,=20BetaNews
> November=2010,=202004,=201:26=20PM
>
The=20last=20members=20of=20the=20original=20Winamp=20team=20have=20said=20=
> goodbye=20to=20AOL
> and
> the=20door
>
has=20all=20but=20shut=20on=20the=20Nullsoft=20era,=20BetaNews=20has=20lea=
> rned.
>
Only=20a=20few=20employees=20remain=20to=20prop=20up=20the=20once-ubiquito=
> us
> digital=20audio
>
=20player=20with=20minor=20updates,=20but=20no=20further=20improvements=20=
> to=20Winamp=20are
> expected.
> Click=20here=20to=20find=20out=20more!
> \
>
Winamp's=20demise=20comes=20as=20no=20surprise=20to=20those=20close=20to=20=
> the=20company=20who
> say
> the=20software
>
has=20been=20on=20life=20support=20since=20the=20resignation=20of=20Nullso=
> ft=20founder=20and
> Winamp=20creator
> Justin=20Frankel=20last=20January.
>
The=20marriage=20of=20Nullsoft=20and=20AOL=20was=20always=20one=20of=20dis=
> content.=20After
> AOL
> acquired
>
the=20small=20company=20in=201999=20for=20around=20$100=20million,=20the=20=
> young=20team=20of
> Winamp
> developers
>
was=20assimilated=20into=20a=20strict=20corporate=20culture=20that=20begge=
> d=20for
> rebellion.
> Although
>
Nullsoft=20was=20initially=20given=20a=20long=20leash=20by=20AOL,=20It=20w=
> asn't=20long=20until
> the
> two=20ideologies
> collided.
>
Frankel=20and=20his=20team=20were=20accustomed=20to=20simply=20brainstormi=
> ng=20ideas=20over
> coffee=20and
>
bringing=20them=20to=20the=20masses=20without=20approval.=20So=20when=20Fr=
> ankel=20and
> fellow
> Nullsoft
> developer=20Tom=20Pepper=20devised=20a=20decentralized=20peer-to-peer
> file=20sharing
>
=20system,=20dubbed=20Gnutella,=20parent=20AOL=20was=20left=20in=20the=20d=
> ark.
> Gnutella=20was=20unveiled
>
=20in=20March=202000,=20much=20to=20the=20chagrin=20of=20an=20unprepared=20=
> AOL;=20executives
> feared
> the=20program
>
would=20encourage=20copyright=20infringement=20and=20damage=20the=20compan=
> y's=20pending
> merger=20with
>
Time=20Warner.=20AOL=20quickly=20clamped=20down=20on=20Gnutella,=20but=20n=
> ot=20before=20the
> software's
> source=20code
>
=20leaked.=20Gnutella-based=20alternatives=20soon=20followed,=20igniting=20=
> a
> peer-to-peer
> land
> grab=20that=20has=20yet=20to=20subside.
>
But=20AOL=20knew=20it=20had=20to=20protect=20its=20investment=20and=20turn=
> =20a=20profit=20from
> the
> freely=20available
>
Winamp.=20Frankel=20and=20crew=20found=20themselves=20in=20hot=20water=20n=
> umerous=20times,
> but
> always
>
escaped=20with=20little=20more=20than=20a=20proverbial=20slap=20on=20the=20=
> wrist.
>
However,=20growing=20displeasure=20reached=20a=20boiling=20point=20with=20=
> Nullsoft=92s
> unsanctioned
> release=20of=20WASTE
>
=20--=20an=20encrypted=20file-sharing=20network=20--=20in=20June=202003.=20=
> Frankel
> threatened=20to
> resign
> after=20AOL
> removed=20WASTE
>
,=20but=20remained=20with=20the=20company=20long=20enough=20to=20finish=20=
> Winamp=205.0.
>
Frankel's=20departure=20followed=20AOL=20layoffs=20and=20the=20closure=20o=
> f=20Nullsoft's
> San
> Francisco
> offices=20in=20December=202003.
>
With=20AOL=20struggling=20to=20stave=20off=20declining=20subscriber=20numb=
> ers=20and
> 700=20additional=20layoffs
>
=20planned=20for=20next=20month,=20the=20company=92s=20focus=20has=20shift=
> ed=20away=20from
> supporting=20acquisitions
> such=20as=20Winamp.
>
Despite=20the=20somber=20farewell,=20Nullsoft's=20former=20masterminds=20a=
> re=20proud=20of
> their=20accomplishments.
>
Winamp=20helped=20start=20a=20digital=20audio=20revolution=20and=20boasts=20
=
> an=20incredible
> 60
> million
> users=20per=20month.
> After=20a=20disappointing
> Winamp3
>
,=20Nullsoft=20developers=20returned=20to=20the=20drawing=20board=20and=20=
> completed
> long-standing=20goals
> with=20the=20release=20of
> Winamp=205.0
> =20in=20late=202003.
> Nullsoft's
> Shoutcast
>
,=20which=20pioneered=20audio=20streaming=20over=20the=20Internet,=20is=20=
> called=20"the
> Net's
> best=20secret"
>
by=20its=20creator=20Tom=20Pepper=20and=20has=20reached=20170,000=20simult=
> aneous=20users
> accounting=20for
> 70=20million=20hours=20of=20listening=20each=20month.
>
For=20its=20part,=20AOL=20says=20it=20remains=20committed=20to=20Winamp,=20=
> stating=20it=20is=20"a
> thriving
>
product=20that=20AOL=20continues=20to=20support=20and=20will=20continue=20=
> to=20support."
>
But=20without=20those=20who=20poured=20their=20heart=20and=20soul=20into=20=
> building=20the
> software,=20Winamp
>
seems=20destined=20to=20meet=20a=20fate=20similar=20to=20fellow=20audio=20=
> player
> Sonique
>
,=20after=20Lycos=20saw=20the=20departure=20of=20its=20development=20team.=
> =20Sonique=20has
> stagnated=20for
> years,=20and=20development=20ceased=20altogether=20last=20March.
> P
>
> Marty
>
>
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