Legendary
Media Player Vinamp will cease to exist after 15 years , and the end of
an era that
changed music and the IT industry , which launched in MP3
stratosphere is scheduled for December
20.
Although Vinamp is still popular in some parts of the world , a child of the West Nulsoft long lost
status of inviolability . There for years last era , above all , on iTunes .
Voyage
of Vinamp began in 2002 , when the company took over Nulsoft giant AOL
for $ 80 million,
and incomprehensible , decided many battles left to
the market with solutions that many users
missed by Vinamp was simple ,
already installed devices and multi - platform .
Napster
became past , the need for orgnaizacija playlists and piles directory
of MP3 files slowly
disappearing , and with it Vinamp has lost his place
, which with constant improvement deservedly
gained since April 1997.
"
There was no valuable reason Vinamp could be the site of which is now
iTunes , except that they
are made of several layers of bad decisions
when AOL took over the work " - said last gopdina Rob
Lord , the first
director of Vinamp .
While
it is under the auspices of AOL , Vinamp continue getting new skins , "
Plug - Ins " and
variations too late reached the world of Mac and
Android devices , and the industry again proved
ruthless to those who
are not aware of the changes .