Forget about closing SC, it basically can't be done (legally or technically). The open source model works well for this product and I simply don't see any reason to change. What Logitech have done, which incidentally I think has been handled really well, is to reinforce their in-house team with skilled devs who _can_ be managed and scheduled to implement core things which are determined to be essential. That leaves the external devs to tweak and add the kind of scratch-an-itch enhancements that are so awesome on the SB platform and so missing with the competition. That's being smart - using the community as a key differentiator whilst keeping mainline development on track with employees.
> Relying on volunteer developers has not (to my knowledge) been shown to > be a common or successful model for running and growing a business. Really? Never heard of a company relying on Linux? Or Apache? Or MySQL? Microsoft are pretty much the _only_ major software company who haven't done anything significant in the OS space, and many others (e.g. Redhat) are founded on the idea. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
