Fonte:Broadband reportsWinamp: The Llama Dies
Once great player gets official burial
BetaNews is reporting that the last few remaining members of the original NullSoft WinAmp team have left AOL, shutting the door on the once community favorite media-player. After AOL acquired the small company in 1999 for around $100 million, the player began a prolonged death as it was assimilated into the AOL-Time Warner empire. BetaNews does a good job of documenting the clash between the young developers full of ideas, and the corporate mindset of AOL executives.
Pra quem não entendeu, a queda do WA começou qdo a Nullsoft foi assimilada pela AOL pouco antes do Winamp 3, q foi um fiasco. Eles até se redimiram com o 5, mas acho q foi pra ficar uma boa imagem do software qdo eles abandonassem a corporação...
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