This would continue the development of Winamp. There is a petition at in order to save Winamp and make it open source. That is why AOL, the parent company which owns Winamp has decided to shut down Winamp and its associated services on December 20, 2013. It used to be really popular, it still is popular among fans but the number of people who use this player has declined. It was a favorite MP3 player of many, but it has been long forgotten by people. Winamp was once a popular media player used mainly for the purpose of playing music files.