Today I felt over a sad news: the last former NulLSoft employee has left AOL. It seems it’s official – no next major release – WinAMP goes into pension. And in the near future – in death.
I remember some months ago (maybe even years?), when the WinAMP’s fate was about to be decided. That were the times, when AOL just took the next great product (NullSoft) with the promise to make it even greater. Just the same, which they promised when they took Mirabilis. But the sad results are clear – no more WinAMP, and about ICQ – we will see… It has been speculated for years that ICQ will become a (well) paid service, or that it will be abandoned as well (because it got damn too expensive for AOL), etc. We will see.
Farewell, WinAMP. There were times, when you was the most-missed Linux application. Now you’ll become one of the most-missed Windows ones. But that’s life – everything runs, everything changes!
What a miss… WinAMP was the first MP3 player that I have ever used.
Yeah… and it’s still one of the worst I’ve ever used 🙂 RIP WinAMP, RIP ICQ.
I’ll be sorry for WinAmp. It will be missed.
Смешен плач, Дончо 😉 Ако беше свободен софтуер все щеше да има кой да го бута. Еволюцията си казва думата…
Уж нямаш време, а четеш блозите 🙂 ? Радвам се, че въпреки натоварването намираш време и за това, и особено за моя. Дано да продължава да ти е интересен :). Чети – от глътка почивка винаги има нужда, инак човек съвсем може да изпуши.
Колкото до WinAMP – не плача много, само ми е криво :(. Той е (или – беше?) качествен софтуер, макар и със затворен код. Под Windows го използвам основно да си слушам Дарик, че нещо Media Player-а се прецаква, а пък MPlayer няма свястно GUI (огромния проблем за всички Линукс програми, портнати за Windows – малко от тях имат свестен интерфейс под Windows).
Нали от време на време трябва да изплувам 😉