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Loren says:

I used Songbird instead of Rhythmbox or Banshee on Ubuntu x64.

It's sad, the linux platform has nearly the same % of users as OSX, and even more in some areas on the developers blog. This is truely sad, why didn't they ask for help before announcing something like dropping their dedicated users and ITs off the planet?

Astron says:

When I came to Linux (obviously rather recently, as Songbird is not that old), I was expecting to be using Songbird on Linux, too (I had been using it on Windows since 0.2). However, Rhythmbox did simply work better (tried Banshee as well, but it was somewhat unstable) and looked more integrated. So, personally, I don't think your argument actually is valid.
And then, this only another “wrong” move: before that were an importer for I-Tunes libraries, the abandonment of their own I-Pod plug-in (in favour of using I-Tunes directly to transfer to I-Pods), an MTP plug-in based on Microsoft technologies (which therefore is not portable to Linux / OS X) and the inclusion of a proprietary CD ripper.

Finally, Songbird will be bundled with new Philips MP3 players, so it must target an entirely new userbase which will probably consist of less computer-affine people (who should be fine with the thing burning a few too many cycles).

Ethan Gibson says:

This is probably true but POTI is a company like any other and if they want to continue to develop Songbird then they need money to do so.

So in all honesty if the partners don't want Linux support then theres no point wasting man hours developing something that they not only have time for but not being paid for.

I'm sure most of us would have done the same in similar situations.