erland;645380 Wrote: > Matches my main point pretty well, because that system doesn't require a > computer to be powered on to listen to music :-) > > I agree that: > - All Squeezeboxes beside the Touch is uninteresting for mass market > users because they require a computer > - The Touch is uninteresting for mass market users because it's too > expensive, too geeky, doesn't work reliable without a computer and it > doesn't provide the necessary integration with mass market music > library applications (WMP or iTunes) > > The Pure-Fi system on the other hand: > - Works without a computer > - Is integrated with the mass market music library application (iTunes) > since you sync the iPod with iTunes > - It has a reasonably low price to make it interesting for mass market > users
I do agree with almost everything you wrote in previous posts. The question for the community today is the following - Will Logitech continue to build Squeezebox hardware ? I consider being a member of the community, and probably owned squeezeboxes before people who have probably never serioulsy used other software if they think SBS performs well, and probably don't know a lot about serious software development if they don't understand that the common code for all platforms generate a serious performance bottleneck. As a member of the community who would like to be able to buy again squeezebox hardware product in the future, so need Logitech, or similar company to build it, and being quite experienced in software development, I came to the following conclusions : - Logitech is not a software company and cannot achieve a competitive SBS allowing them to go on building squeezeboxes hardware with the curretn situation. It is not Slimdevices, they need volume, I am sure the critical volume isn't reached today, and by far. - Logitech is a successful hardware company. - I see no other option than making squeezeboxes hardware something like "network sound cards" and providing drivers so that much better software than SBS can allow people to use them. You will always find people waiting for a company to build the hardware they like, and for developpers or kind plugins authors to write the software they want, but are unable to develop themselves. The day Logitech stops to build the hardware, who is going to do that ? what will SBS be useful for ? -- 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
