Having read the comments made in this thread I'm inclined to agree with the spirit of the intial post. I'll repeat what I posted in the beta forum a while back:> Looking at the 8.0/1 roadmap I don't see the software making any > significant functional strides. It seems to me that there are two things > happening: > - catering for implementation on embedded systems > - tinkering at the edges of existing functionality to address bugs/ > tweak features etc. > > All told, when the above is achieved, we're going to have more or less > exactly what we have today in functional terms, except plugin developers > whose plugins interact with the db are being forced to move support to a > different db layer (that is if they want their plugins to continue to > operate). > > The technological aspect of the Squeezebox offering is no longer a > differentiator. The biggest opportunity that's being squandered here is > that of content, allowing users to interact with their music collections > in ways that are meaningful to them. Someone else is going to do it and > that'll herald sunset for the SB line.
No doubt many at Logitech don't want to hear the above, but I genuinely think that is where things are headed. The hardware offerings are continually being expanded but the front end remains pretty much what it is today. Whilst it's good, I don't see it evolving. Folks on the Logitech development team would do well to take a look at products like Qsonix to get some ideas of what shape meaningful interaction with one's music might take. If Logitech is patently disinterested in taking SC in that sort of direction then at least publish a comprehensive roadmap and finalise the database structure so that adding 3rd party functionality doesn't become a lifetime maintenance project. -- egd '*Transporter*' (http://www.logitechsqueezebox.com/products/transporter.html) > '*SCA2*' (http://www.atc.gb.net/sca2.htm) > '*SCM100SL AT*' (http://www.atc.gb.net/scm100slat.htm). Integrating MusicIP with SqueezeCenter...'*here's how*' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter). Every story has 3 sides: Yours, mine and the truth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66745 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
