Goodsounds;449256 Wrote: > One company employee says that the focus is to be more friendly to > average joes. I agree with this, it's the market potential the company > needs to serve better. It's also the biggest growth opportunity. > > Another says the changes are to make the software perform better on > NASes and other smaller formats. > > Most average joes I know (and I'm one too) don't have or use NASes. > When they do, it's for storage, not for running apps. Has someone really > convinced themselves that this deserves a development focus? >
Honestly, you ought to go over and cruise the Sonos forums sometimes. One of the things they beat into the ground constantly is that the Sonos can work with just a NAS, doesn't need a server (like a NAS doesn't have a processor). So, apparently hitting that point where you can have a NAS with no supported computer is useful. > > These comments contradict one another - which is it? Or maybe the > smaller format focus is for unreleased self-contained products and so > won't be commented on at this time? I fail to see how they contradict each other. SQLLite integrates into SqueezeCenter, which gives you an all-in-one package. No external MySQL to have to worry about. That simplifies it for Joe Sixpack. At the same time, it also reduces the memory footprint, and hopefully the CPU needs, which makes in more amenable to a low-powered machine, such as a NAS. Seems like a win all-around to me. Eric -- kolding See my plugins at http://www.koldware.com/SlimStuff The Synchronizer, GrabPlaylist, ResetVolume, and RemovePlayedSongs ------------------------------------------------------------------ SqueezeBox 2 -> Rotel RSX-1056 -> Totem Acoustic Dreamcatchers SqueezeBox 3 -> Rotel RX-1052 -> Vandersteen 1B's SqueezeBox 1 -> AudioEngine A2's SqueezeBox Boom x 2 SliMP3 -> Retired ------------------------------------------------------------------------ kolding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66745 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
