------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73698 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Is third party plugins/applets important for your Squeezebox purchases ? - I won't buy any more Squeezebox products unless support for third party development is prioritized - I won't buy any more Squeezebox products unless the third party plugins I rely on is supported - I use third party plugins but I would still consider buying more Squeezebox products without them - I don't use third party plugins so they aren't important to my Squeezebox purchases ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lets see, I've bought three SB1, a Transporter, and have put in many hours as a beta tester for both the server and new hardware over the past 6 or 7 years. While its true that beta testers get first shots at cool hardware, and nice discounts, there is no way that my time is properly compensated by getting a discount on a $200 mass market device. Lets get real, professional software people make at least $50 per hour in the US, unloaded. The typical billable rate for a professional is more like $150 to $200 per hour. Check out my resume, http://www.pfarrell.com/resume/index.html and make an educated guess as to what I make as a software professional. Even net of taxes, none of the SqueezeBoxen take more than a couple of hours of my time, professionally. That is not even beginning to count the time it has taken me to make "Posts: 3,914" The Open Source community support, i.e. 3rd party developers is why I've spend several thousand dollars buying this gear, and contributed many thousands of dollars more of "in kind" support. If Logitech closes down support for third party development, apps, applets, plugins, etc. then I'm done. Yes its important. Its more than important, its critical. -- pfarrell Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pfarrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=200 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=73698 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
