Winamp is an iconic product in its niche, just like Firefox is in the world of web-browsers.Īll these are great reasons to keep Winamp alive. Winamp is a marketable product and can be a profitable product too. Winamp & Shoutcast are being used by radio stations every day to stream shows to their listeners. Winamp has a dedicated group of users, more than of any other similar product. It is actively being used around the world by millions of users every day. Winamp is a relevant product today, in 2013. In the hands of its fans and users, this product has a real chance of growing and moving forward. If the rumors about AOL trying to sell Winamp to another company are not true, then we would like to ask that, instead of shutting down this product, you release it to the open source community. Open-sourcing Winamp, Shoutcast and its related services. Whatever you do, please do not sell it to a company that’s going to shut it down and use only parts of its code or features. In this regard, the rumors about a possible Microsoft acquisition have given us some hope that Winamp will be saved by AOL. Selling Winamp, Shoutcast and related services to a company that’s willing to grow it. In our view, saving Winamp means one of the following courses of action: However, we do believe that this product, its services and ecosystem should not be shut down. We totally understand that, due to AOL’s change of direction and corporate goals, Winamp is not exactly a great fit with the rest of the company’s portfolio. We would like to wrap-up our campaign by officially asking AOL to save Winamp. We believe that Winamp and its ecosystem are worth saving so we created a petition, a website and several social media channels to spread our message. We have sent the following letter to AOL and will update you when we hear a reply, Please find attached an updated signatures list of over 45,000 signatures. We hope that you can appreciate how many people use and love Winamp. What started out as a few people keen to keep Winamp alive has turned into a worldwide movement to save this software. In anticipation we are hoping that a more substantial message will be announced by AOL soon. We feel that after so many years you owe it to your customers to give more information than just one short paragraph on your website. We are disappointed that we have had no reply in any shape or form whatsoever from you. We have previously emailed you in regards to the demise of Winamp and you know our thoughts and the thoughts of millions of users worldwide. This will be our final correspondence to you. Update: We have sent a final follow up letter to AOL again today: Now please support the best player in the universe.
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