Death of Nullsoft

[dig412]

I know winamp was a rival player, but recently the entire nullsoft company collapsed. All the main coders quit because of AOL related problems (Aol own nullsoft for those not in the know). Now only one coder remains, and hes only a bugfixer. Whilst dbpoweramp is an excelent player, winamp 5 was in a league of its own, miles above WMP. I dont know your guys opinions of winamp, but i am very sad to see it go.

[Razgo]

wow, who would have thought. s still see the team here: http://www.winamp.com/about/team.php

do you have a reference link to what you are saying?

yes winamp5 really was/is a really good player and media manager

[Razgo]

the best i could fine was it all happened last year November. http://winampunlimited.com/index.php?id=54

and who said winamp is going to disappear ? you sound like it won't be around anymore?

[LtData]

Most of the original team left, yes. However, they have since acquired new people and will continue working on Winamp, it looks like.

[dig412]

http://www.betanews.com/article/Death_Knell_Sounds_for_Nullsoft_Winamp/1100111204
some talk of it being released open source, which would be brilliant

[LtData]

That was referencing the Winamp3 player becoming open source, which I think it did
Oh, and Winamp 5.09 was released. Looks like Nullsoft is still alive and kicking. :)