Death Knell Sounds for Nullsoft, Winamp

KingFishKingFish
edited November 2004 in Science & Tech
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 abandonment 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.
submitted by: Kwitko

Source: BetaNews

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    But THEY GOT a HUNDRED MILLION BUCKS WOOHOO :D
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Winamp 2.9x 4 life.
  • entropyentropy Yah-Der-Hey (Wisconsin)
    edited November 2004
    Ack. I heart Winamp :(.

    (Thrax, why the hell are you using 2.9x...?)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Because 3 and 5 can go to hell.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Chalk up another point for the poisonous touch of AOL.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Thrax wrote:
    Winamp 2.9x 4 life.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Hey Enverex. Good to see you around. :)
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Been a bit busy lately what with work, Uni kicking into high gear and trying to buy a bike (Kawasaki GPZ500S, aka Ninja) but yeah, still browse when I have time, heh :hrm: :rolleyes2
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    I kinda thought that it was University taking it's toll on the ol' free time. Nice bike too. :D
  • pigflipperpigflipper The Forgotten Coast Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    I haven't upgraded beyond v2.8 because all the newer ones suck imo. Too bad they are basically gone now though, still the best mp3 player regardless of which version of it you are using.
  • EMTEMT Seattle, WA Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    Yeah 2 was pretty sweet... I'm on 5 mainly for the Library feature, although it's not perfect.

    This is sad news though :(
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    That just tells how much money AOL have really. They invested a hundred mills on a small company and bought it, ran it for a year or so with god knows how many employees, probably spent another hundred on the project. I really hate companys like that. Sad news indeed. Winamp and Napster was a great combo back then.
  • KingFishKingFish
    edited November 2004
    Maybe it'll open the doors for another company with a like mind to fill the gap created. I certainly hope so.

    KF
  • panzerkwpanzerkw New York City
    edited November 2004
    I still use Winamp 2.9 because my favorite skin only works on that version
  • GargGarg Purveyor of Lincoln Nightmares Icrontian
    edited November 2004
    I've been using Winamp 5 for awhile now, and I don't see how ver. 2 could be any better. I never liked ver. 3, but I switched from 2 to 5 as soon as the beta came out. At any rate, any version is more dersireable than just about any other media player out there.
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