I can hardly understand where Logitech is going. Logitech sells hardware, it is not a software company.
Logitech customers buy and pay for hardware (Squeezebox, Revue, whatever ...) They don't pay for Logitech server which is available to download and free. I can understand Logitech want to develop a server (LMS), in order to be sure to have some software tested and available for their hardware. But what is the point to make it mandatory ? It is a complete nonsense to me, and seem to go against Logitech hardware sales. When a hardware TV company (Sony, Sharp, Samsung, whatever ...) sells a TV with DLNA features, the main point, the only important one, is to be a good DLNA client. They don't start complicated server projects, it is not their job. There are a bunch of free DLNA servers available. What is the point to re-invent the wheel, and start another "me too" project ? I don't know who is Logitech squeezebox product line manager, but I am more and more puzzled by their policy. They can make money with good hardware able to connect to popular servers. They cannot make money with a home-made server software nobody will ever pay for. If this software is mandatory for their hardware, it will only prevent customers to buy hardware, if the server is not competitive regarding other software server made by real software companies. It doesn't harm to have a server from Logitech, but I am quite sure not being a good client is meant to lead to disaster. -- nicolas75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicolas75's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15823 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90063 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
