I am sad to see it go, really, AOL, you couldn't just leave the files up to download? Oh well, get it while you can. I am sure they will available from other sites like cNet's download.com, but the coolest part of Winamp are all the skins and DSP plug-ins.
It's just a sign of the "dumbing down" of the Internet and computers in general. Just like the scanners which are being tailored to consumers and not hobbyists, Winamp is a great program that doesn't require a multi-core CPU and 5GB of RAM to run, nor does it need 20GB of hard disk space. I still have it on my old P3 programming laptop with few hundred MP3, hooked up to a C Crane FM Transmitter II, and I have a nice "radio station" to fill my house with the music I want to hear, devoid of all the motor mouth DJs and scammy commercials for mortgage refinancing and penis pumps.
Sure, there is Windows Media Player, Itunes and dozens of apps/programs more "refined" for the end user. But Winamp was and is "the boss" as far as I am concerned. With DSP plug-ins like Sound Solution, my little micro power part 15 FM sounds as good as the big boys, organizing playlists is easy, crossfading is supported, a great EQ...
oh well, last call for Winamp- download it (and all the DSP/skins you want) before it's pulled from the shelves, like standalone MP3 players, cassette decks and DVD players, soon to be a thing of the past.
it's all "cloud" pay to play now. This is what the industry has wanted for decades, complete control of content and delivery, at a pay per use model.
