mherger;644729 Wrote: > > Squeezebox products are targetting a wide audience, where most > > customers will use Windows or OSX. > > As I said: this is not a desktop application, but (like it or not) a > server software. NAS devices are very popular nowadays, and most of > them > are running some flavour of Linux. Linux vs. OSX is about 3:1 in our > customer base. > > > If development team is not CONVINCED that management is ABSOLUTELY > and > > COMPLETELY RIGHT concerning this point ... this is a BIG problem ... > > Why should I believe somebody who has no idea if I have the numbers? > But > yes, it's a big problem if you have to trust blindly your manager, just > > because he is :-). > > -- > > Michael
The point is not to be a desktop application or a server software. This distinction is anyway quite obsolete for domestic use. We are not talking about big systems for companies. Talking about server software means you need big performance (better performance than available on the desktop), and many users connections (less than 10 is not many ...) Almost no domestic NAS meet those definitions. Yes NAS are popular, but this is marketing hype, plus the fact it is usually cheaper than a computer (but usually much less powerful ...) Since I am part of both sides (developer and manager), I do not trust "blindly" the manager ... I am not asking you to trust me. I am stating that I do worry about squeezeboxes future if software cares more about a minority of technical aware fans, than normal customers needs. I do see what kind of people buy those products around me, and how they use them. Almost none uses Linux or NAS, or cares about multiroom or plugins. They do care about ease of use, stability and user interface. The fact is that - geeks will come on this forum, tell their opinion and needs, so you hear about them - average customers will remain silent, may be put the product for sale and forget about it. You probably will never hear about them. The worst complaint you can ever get from customers is when you never get to see them again at all. Logitech cannot support squeezebox product line for the first category, if the second category is lost. -- nicolas75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicolas75's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89143 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
