slimserver can't be made "proprietary to squeezebox" because it already has been released under the GPL. Any update to the slimserver must fall under the GPL. Thus, even if slimdevices decided to pull something along the lines of what MS did against DR DOS, Roku developers can circumvent that by releasing a firmware patch (although there's no guarantee that they would which is why I haven't bought a Roku). Besides, the fact that the slimserver isn't proprietary to any particular hardware is one of the things I found the squeezebox appealing.
Yan On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 18:42:21 -0000, Martin Couchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I nearly bought a Netgear, as it was almost half the price, but was put off > by bad reviews, and was unsure about the ability to use internet radio. > For a mass consumer product, reliability is key. My CD player is 10 or 12 > years old, and in all that time it has never spontaneously rebooted itself > halfway through some music (unlike my squeezebox). It never starts leaving > 2-5 second gaps while playing some tracks (unlike my squeezebox). When I use > my CD player I never have to run upstairs to find out why it can't contact > the server any more. > > The unique selling point is the range of features that come with slimserver, > best of all the ability to listen to BBC archive radio shows. Perhaps > slimserver should be made proprietary to squeezebox, as at the moment these > selling points aren't actually unique - I can use slimserver on a Roku. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > -- Yan Tran http://www.yantran.com _______________________________________ Why do people run from me? --Ralph Wiggum _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
