Very sad news today.
After nearly five years, AOL have effectively pulled the plug on Winamp by shutting down Nullsoft.
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Originally Posted by El Reg
Writing on his homepage, departing developer Steve Gedikian concluded, "At this point, I feel like I no longer have the power to make any positive impact on Winamp." He speculates that with only a skeleton staff, further development of Winamp is unlikely. |
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Even though I didn't use Winamp (version 3 put me off), it was the first MP3 player software I used. It probably helped introduce MP3 to a lot of people. Version 2 still has the best visualisation plug ins I have ever seen (far better than the
pathetic efforts in iTunes, Windows Media Player and Real Player).
A fiurther nail in the coffin of competition.