On 15/9/05 at 13:05 -0700, ModelCitizen wrote
danco Wrote:
But "written with Windows in mind" not only would not suit me, but
seems to me to be against the SlimDevices philosophy.
That is, one of the virtues of SlimDevices approach is that it is
cross-platform. As a Mac user (and others are Linux/Unix users) I
chose the Squeezebox precisely because it was not Windows only.
Possibly they could make more money designing for Windows only, but
money is not the only criterion.
Daniel Cohen
I just want a responsive application that plays my music. This is
primary. All the rest (open source, radio, screensavers, news) are
fripperies.
Hmm, perhaps. But what has altered my music listening is AlienBBC
rather than SlimServer itself. I'm just as happy to use real CDs, but
the ability to LIsten Again and to listen to local radio has really
transformed things for me.
I am convinced that applications designed in Perl do not work very
efficiently on Windows.
With this in mind I couldn't care a toss if it's open source or if I
have to pay more to get the thing I want (it's bound not to be much in
the scale of things). I just want it to do the basics, fast and
efficiently (yes, on Windows). Most apps written in C++ or .Net seem to
work pretty well in Windows, whereas apps designed in Perl and Java
(large overhead and flaky versioning) often lead to trouble (witness
original SoftSqueeze install messiness, Nokia phone app and even
Azureus).
The Squeezebox is a superb device but currrently I think the software
lets it down (as does the case, but at least I can change that).
I'm not objecting to you, or anyone else, using Windows. I hope there
will be a version of SlimServer that works well and easily on
Windows. But cross-platform is important to me, and to others. I
don't want to be caught in a Windows dictatorship.
--
Daniel Cohen
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