Ars Technica published an interesting (and lengthy) piece this past week on the rise and fall of Winamp, the most popular music player in the world during the late 90′s and early 2000′s. It profiles the painful demise of Nullsoft’s iconic app following America Online’s acquisition of the software in the summer of 1999, providing deep insight into what went wrong.

“Winamp. It really whips the llama’s ass.” Ah, the memories.