winamp in 10 years.

tuckerm · 6th June 2005, 22:06

2 questoins:

1) what do you think will happen with winamp in the next ten years?
2) what do you think will happen with the forums in th next ten years

morgado · 6th June 2005, 22:09

Becomes even better than it is, both community and player.
Off course we'll have new technologies 'till them, and Winamp will just absorb all of 'em !

tuckerm · 6th June 2005, 22:12

i bet this community grows to 1 billion

[edit> 1.5 million sounds a bit in the park]

old and quite mad · 6th June 2005, 22:55

How the hell can you have one poll for two questions? Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick.

tuckerm · 6th June 2005, 22:59

like that

gaekwad2 · 7th June 2005, 00:02

It'll die because by then everybody will be running Hurd.

Print · 7th June 2005, 00:04

People will always want alternatives regardless of how good the propriatary software is. Will it still be Winamp? Who knows. Will these forum be here in 10 years? Who knows. Who knows if the way we use computers may be far more interactive than simply viewing some avi or mpeg files through some media players.

We can't predict the future, all we can do is wonder and hope.

MidnightViper88 · 7th June 2005, 00:15

My dad's got a book with a bunch of Nostradamus predictions that I'll look over when I go to his house this weekend...

Print · 7th June 2005, 00:30

Lol.. good luck with that

.

webthing · 7th June 2005, 03:27

20 times better

Fickle · 7th June 2005, 03:32

Quote:

Originally posted by webthing
20 times better

Sure why not.

MegaRock · 7th June 2005, 04:13

We wont need media players by then. The media conglomerates will be able to beam signals into our brain and make us listen to what they want. There will be no choice but it will end piracy. It will cost 5.00 a month and you will have to get a funny antenna installed on your head.

biggman15 · 7th June 2005, 04:26

If something like that ever happens I'm going to Mexico....

Print · 7th June 2005, 04:37

Quote:

Originally posted by MegaRock
We wont need media players by then. The media conglomerates will be able to beam signals into our brain and make us listen to what they want. There will be no choice but it will end piracy. It will cost 5.00 a month and you will have to get a funny antenna installed on your head.

Step away from the drugs MegaRock.. away.. that's a good boy.

billyvnilly · 7th June 2005, 04:43

it will be called Gamp or iamp after being sold by AOL.

Jay · 7th June 2005, 05:30

just look back at what the computing was like 10 years ago and measure it out. I don't expect much difference. Just smaller devices.

CraigF · 7th June 2005, 09:15

doubt devices will be anything like what they are now to the point that winamp is worthwhile. frankly.

MegaRock · 7th June 2005, 14:37

Quote:

Originally posted by blueprint_n9ne

Step away from the drugs MegaRock.. away.. that's a good boy.

I can't. Explination below.

With that said if things keep getting smaller I can only imagine having to see articles about the 250 Terabyte Ipod Super Ultra Mini by then. Please, no.

MidnightViper88 · 7th June 2005, 17:53

Winamp will expand and produce portable players for your car...

Moves on to other market areas, challenges iPod...

tuckerm · 7th June 2005, 17:58

i think it will buy the iPod line

biggman15 · 7th June 2005, 19:09

Quote:

Originally posted by MidnightViper88
Winamp will expand and produce portable players for your car...

Moves on to other market areas, challenges iPod...

I've always wanted to see Winamp Visuals in Car Audio...

Obedo · 7th June 2005, 22:57

well I'm the Psychic let me see in to my hairy balls.....um....um...... lice? gross!

I see something new coming t & whiping the lamas ass...In less than five years.

Bilbo Baggins · 7th June 2005, 23:40

Personally, I see the Winamp brand either being enveloped into a more generic AOL Music format, to compliment the surely (if they havent already got one) upcoming AOL Music Download center, an attempt to rival the Itunes / Napster format. If anything, the main code for Winamp will just be incorporated into something like that.

As for the forums, they will eventually be folded.

I cannot see Microsoft taking over Winamp, or buying it out as the case would be, because it just wouldnt make any sense at all to do so.

Obedo · 8th June 2005, 02:08

This forum has been here for 5 years...I think it'll be the last to go.

CraigF · 8th June 2005, 10:16

i wouldnt put that much faith in it, its just a computer in a datacenter like the other billion in the world. one flick and its gone. sad to say, but true none the less.

Obedo · 8th June 2005, 20:06

I agree, I was only saying that it would be last to go.

Sandman2012 · 9th June 2005, 03:11

Quote:

Originally posted by gaekwad2
It'll die because by then everybody will be running Hurd.

I had to look up what Hurd was. From the site:

Quote:

`Hurd' stands for `Hird of Unix-Replacing Daemons'. And, then, `Hird' stands for `Hurd of Interfaces Representing Depth'. We have here, to my knowledge, the first software to be named by a pair of mutually recursive acronyms.

lol

Coman · 9th June 2005, 05:13

winamp will most likely become obsolete in 10 years and people will gradually leave the forums.

Print · 9th June 2005, 20:08

Well alot of people who come here do not do so because of Winamp. It's usually the initial reason they come here, but alot of members who post in RB, GD etc. treat this like any other internet forum.. it just happens to exist because of a media player.

If eight years from now someone decides there is no need for these forums.. I get the feeling the members here will just move on to another forum (think pabook or something). Just because http://forums.winamp.com dies, does not mean the Winamp Forums will die.

But like i've said, there is no point trying to predict what is to come. When it comes it comes.. and the state of my favorite forum doesn't come close to topping my list of things to worry about for the future.

ScorLibran · 10th June 2005, 01:35

Within ten years Microsoft will buy AOL away from Time/Warner and the last version of Winamp, 10.09 ("twice as good as WA 5"), will become Windows Media Player 15.

These forums will become a stuffy Microsoft online community and all the fun people will leave. But I'll still be here posting pics of my manb00bs. (But keep in mind I'll be ten years older and my manb00bs will therefore have ten more years of sag.)

Bilbo Baggins · 10th June 2005, 22:38

Future of media

Obedo · 11th June 2005, 04:46

Quote:

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
Future of media

....that was deep....I'm also scared of the future.

MidnightViper88 · 11th June 2005, 05:08

Quote:

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
Future of media

This should be an Imax movie...

Obedo · 11th June 2005, 20:04

NEW WORLD ORDER

Print · 12th June 2005, 23:01

Quote:

Originally posted by Bilbo Baggins
Future of media

Damn.. that's good shit.

EfaustuS9 · 13th June 2005, 02:40

Microsoft will have eliminated or assimilated all competing software companies through its distro following longhorn called OMNIdos that integrates every conceivable type of software into the OS (much like their inclusion of IE, WMP, MSNIM to capture market dominance they suffocate all alternatives). The successor to xbox 360 named Big-Brother comes with the successor to OMNIdos named Omniscient is now the sole source for home computing and entertainment. Now with all alternatives smothered they decide to charge licensing fees for each and every service and software included with the Omniscient OS. Further passing of the Patriot Act II necessitates that a Big-Brother be in every domicile and its included wireless cameras be installed in every room, Read 1984 and/or a brave new world to see how it progresses from there.

biggman15 · 13th June 2005, 02:52

And the Suicides Begin......................Bang!!!!

Print · 4th February 2021, 04:04

Interesting... at least my comments aged well hahaa

View Poll Results: what do you think will happen with winamp in 10 years?
20 times better	16	36.36%
windows media player becomes very popular	1	2.27%
microsoft takes it over	4	9.09%
winamp dies.	23	52.27%
Voters: 44. You may not vote on this poll

6th June 2005, 22:06	#1
tuckerm Forum Emo Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,364	winamp in 10 years. 2 questoins: 1) what do you think will happen with winamp in the next ten years? 2) what do you think will happen with the forums in th next ten years @tuckerm

6th June 2005, 22:09	#2
morgado Major Dude Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: away from my baby Posts: 1,097	Becomes even better than it is, both community and player. Off course we'll have new technologies 'till them, and Winamp will just absorb all of 'em ! I Love You Ana Luiza MSN

6th June 2005, 22:12	#3
tuckerm Forum Emo Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,364	i bet this community grows to 1 billion [edit> 1.5 million sounds a bit in the park] @tuckerm

6th June 2005, 22:55	#4
old and quite mad Major Dude Join Date: May 2000 Location: The PLANET Pluto Posts: 786	How the hell can you have one poll for two questions? Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick. The search for the ultimate signature continues apace. I have journeyed from the peaks of Nepal to the depths of oceanic trenches. I have crossed deserts, jungles, swamps, savannas, steppes and frozen wastelands. I have consulted with seers, swamis, sages, scholars and savants. The peregrination proceeds purposefully.

6th June 2005, 22:59	#5
tuckerm Forum Emo Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,364	like that @tuckerm

7th June 2005, 00:02	#6
gaekwad2 Foorum King Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: bar2000 Posts: 11,457	It'll die because by then everybody will be running Hurd.

7th June 2005, 00:04	#7
Print Forum King Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,215	People will always want alternatives regardless of how good the propriatary software is. Will it still be Winamp? Who knows. Will these forum be here in 10 years? Who knows. Who knows if the way we use computers may be far more interactive than simply viewing some avi or mpeg files through some media players. We can't predict the future, all we can do is wonder and hope.

7th June 2005, 00:15	#8
MidnightViper88 Made In The USA (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The 502 Posts: 9,100	My dad's got a book with a bunch of Nostradamus predictions that I'll look over when I go to his house this weekend... "I just want to lie in my own crusty filth, eating rancid egg sandwiches, until some unfortunate paramedic has to blow down my door to find my bloated and pasty corpse wedged between the nightstand and mattress stained with Bengay and Robitussin DM." - Greg Gutfeld on sex and seniors "Syphilis does not stay in Vegas. Debt collectors do not stay in Vegas. Dead hookers stay in Vegas, but the guilt stays with you forever." - Bill Schultz

7th June 2005, 00:30	#9
Print Forum King Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,215	Lol.. good luck with that .

7th June 2005, 03:27	#10
webthing Forum King Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: South Central Pennsylvania USA Posts: 2,653	20 times better blabbermouth.net ~ 7bamboo.com ~ blacklabelsociety.net ~ www.shoutcast.com ~ hektik.org/gallery americasupportsyou.mil ~U.S. Iraq War Casualties ~ cellphonesforsoldiers.com ~ operationhomefront.net

7th June 2005, 04:13	#12
MegaRock Forum King Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Inside my water bong Posts: 6,865	We wont need media players by then. The media conglomerates will be able to beam signals into our brain and make us listen to what they want. There will be no choice but it will end piracy. It will cost 5.00 a month and you will have to get a funny antenna installed on your head. Megarock Radio - St. Louis Since 1998! Don't click this link! Corporate Radio Sucks! No suits, all rock!

7th June 2005, 04:26	#13
biggman15 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 431	If something like that ever happens I'm going to Mexico....

7th June 2005, 04:43	#15
billyvnilly Forum King, M.D. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Detroit burbs Posts: 3,379	it will be called Gamp or iamp after being sold by AOL.

7th June 2005, 05:30	#16
Jay Moderator Alumni Join Date: May 2000 Location: Next Door Posts: 8,942	just look back at what the computing was like 10 years ago and measure it out. I don't expect much difference. Just smaller devices. -Jay \| Radio Toolbox.com

7th June 2005, 09:15	#17
CraigF Passionately Apathetic Administrator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hell Posts: 5,435	doubt devices will be anything like what they are now to the point that winamp is worthwhile. frankly.

7th June 2005, 17:53	#19
MidnightViper88 Made In The USA (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The 502 Posts: 9,100	Winamp will expand and produce portable players for your car... Moves on to other market areas, challenges iPod... "I just want to lie in my own crusty filth, eating rancid egg sandwiches, until some unfortunate paramedic has to blow down my door to find my bloated and pasty corpse wedged between the nightstand and mattress stained with Bengay and Robitussin DM." - Greg Gutfeld on sex and seniors "Syphilis does not stay in Vegas. Debt collectors do not stay in Vegas. Dead hookers stay in Vegas, but the guilt stays with you forever." - Bill Schultz

7th June 2005, 17:58	#20
tuckerm Forum Emo Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 8,364	i think it will buy the iPod line @tuckerm

7th June 2005, 22:57	#22
Obedo Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: State Hospital;They have me in this straightjacket & I have one hell of an itch...could you?.. Posts: 1,931	well I'm the Psychic let me see in to my hairy balls.....um....um...... lice? gross! I see something new coming t & whiping the lamas ass...In less than five years.

7th June 2005, 23:40	#23
Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,228	Personally, I see the Winamp brand either being enveloped into a more generic AOL Music format, to compliment the surely (if they havent already got one) upcoming AOL Music Download center, an attempt to rival the Itunes / Napster format. If anything, the main code for Winamp will just be incorporated into something like that. As for the forums, they will eventually be folded. I cannot see Microsoft taking over Winamp, or buying it out as the case would be, because it just wouldnt make any sense at all to do so.

8th June 2005, 02:08	#24
Obedo Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: State Hospital;They have me in this straightjacket & I have one hell of an itch...could you?.. Posts: 1,931	This forum has been here for 5 years...I think it'll be the last to go.

8th June 2005, 10:16	#25
CraigF Passionately Apathetic Administrator Join Date: May 2000 Location: Hell Posts: 5,435	i wouldnt put that much faith in it, its just a computer in a datacenter like the other billion in the world. one flick and its gone. sad to say, but true none the less.

8th June 2005, 20:06	#26
Obedo Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: State Hospital;They have me in this straightjacket & I have one hell of an itch...could you?.. Posts: 1,931	I agree, I was only saying that it would be last to go.

9th June 2005, 05:13	#28
Coman Punk (Forum King) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 4.5th dimension . . Posts: infinitely few Posts: 2,799	winamp will most likely become obsolete in 10 years and people will gradually leave the forums. "Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?"

9th June 2005, 20:08	#29
Print Forum King Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,215	Well alot of people who come here do not do so because of Winamp. It's usually the initial reason they come here, but alot of members who post in RB, GD etc. treat this like any other internet forum.. it just happens to exist because of a media player. If eight years from now someone decides there is no need for these forums.. I get the feeling the members here will just move on to another forum (think pabook or something). Just because http://forums.winamp.com dies, does not mean the Winamp Forums will die. But like i've said, there is no point trying to predict what is to come. When it comes it comes.. and the state of my favorite forum doesn't come close to topping my list of things to worry about for the future.

10th June 2005, 01:35	#30
ScorLibran Resident Floydian Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 6,222	Within ten years Microsoft will buy AOL away from Time/Warner and the last version of Winamp, 10.09 ("twice as good as WA 5"), will become Windows Media Player 15. These forums will become a stuffy Microsoft online community and all the fun people will leave. But I'll still be here posting pics of my manb00bs. (But keep in mind I'll be ten years older and my manb00bs will therefore have ten more years of sag.) I'm a psychosomatic sister running around without a leash.

10th June 2005, 22:38	#31
Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,228	Future of media

11th June 2005, 20:04	#34
Obedo Banned Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: State Hospital;They have me in this straightjacket & I have one hell of an itch...could you?.. Posts: 1,931	NEW WORLD ORDER

13th June 2005, 02:40	#36
EfaustuS9 Major Dude Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: MA, USA Posts: 1,895	Microsoft will have eliminated or assimilated all competing software companies through its distro following longhorn called OMNIdos that integrates every conceivable type of software into the OS (much like their inclusion of IE, WMP, MSNIM to capture market dominance they suffocate all alternatives). The successor to xbox 360 named Big-Brother comes with the successor to OMNIdos named Omniscient is now the sole source for home computing and entertainment. Now with all alternatives smothered they decide to charge licensing fees for each and every service and software included with the Omniscient OS. Further passing of the Patriot Act II necessitates that a Big-Brother be in every domicile and its included wireless cameras be installed in every room, Read 1984 and/or a brave new world to see how it progresses from there.

13th June 2005, 02:52	#37
biggman15 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 431	And the Suicides Begin......................Bang!!!!

4th February 2021, 04:04	#38
Print Forum King Join Date: May 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 3,215	Interesting... at least my comments aged well hahaa

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