AOL announces the end of Winamp, Rumour says Microsoft might Purchase, does Winamp have a future?

AOL made the announcement that the long used Winamp MP3 Player and Streaming Audio Service will be being discontinued on December 20th, 

However, rumour has it that Winamp and it’s Shout Cast service may not be as dead as one would expect, with reports coming out last last week that Microsoft may be looking at purchasing the rights to both, at least according to a TechCrunch story reported by TWiT’s TechNews Today podcast last friday.

According to TechCrunch’s Article neither AOL or Microsoft has opted to comment on the story, but claims are that the deal is not yet finalized as the two parties work on settling on a price.

Considering Winamp really has not seen many updates over the past few years, what do you readers think about this, do you still use Winamp ? Would you be OK with Microsoft owning it?