That’s quite the payout for a four-person team, but AOL never really knew what to do with what they bought. In June of 1999, AOL acquired Nullsoft (the company behind Winamp) for $80 million.
Our story’s ending begins with a buyout, like many other 90s tech stories. Part of the appeal came from the community: a plugin and skin ecosystem allowed designers and developers to customize things in surprising ways, and music nerds loved having that kind of control. It quickly became a hit, despite only having a four-person team behind it.
Winamp was lightweight, customizable, and made listening to music easier than any player that came before it.
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