> I'm still having a hard time fathoming that the effort we're seeing,
> mostly from a handful of volunteers and a couple contractors, is all
> the effort a corporation like Logitech is willing to put into
> SlimServer.  If SlimServer is really to play much of a part in their
> future software strategy then it just doesn't make a lot of sense.

1. Logitech is hiring SlimServer developers - it's been mentioned before.

2. Volunteers are just that: volunteers. They can leave any day they want.  
They're not obliged to do anything. And still they spend a lot of their  
free time on a project like this. SlimDevices/Logitech is very much aware  
of this and therefore has always been taking care of them (us!), keeping  
them in good humour. BUT they can't protect the volunteers from the  
community's influence. Now, imagine you're volunteering and there's a guy  
who's complaining every day, every few hours. Would this motivate you to  
spend even more of your time? Can't you imagine how frustrating this guy's  
behaviour must be?

Jim, please, have a rest. You must be one of the top 10 posters here. I  
can't remember a single day without your complaining. It's boring. It's  
frustrating. And absolutely no help. Please get involved! There are  
several possibilities:

- start a new thread with concrete improvement proposals (and no  
complaining!), eg. gui designs. Remember that legendary thread when people  
started designing a HIFI sized Squeezebox? It didn't go unseen.

- do test, report bugs (and concentrate on bug reports instead of feature  
requests)

- learn Perl coding - patches are always welcome

- hand in your resume

Please don't consider this a flame. If you think my language is badly  
chosen - blame it to my not being I'm not a native English speaker. I'd  
really like you to understand why your way of commitment is rather  
counterproductive and frustrating for us volunteers.

Cheers,

Michael
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