Thanks Erland, that was the post. Seeing what thread it was under, it's no wonder I couldn't track it down again.
I was thinking in terms of Vortex box doing all of the heaving lifting for development and support and Logitech would OEM it and slap a Logitech logo on it. Though they would then want it to be piano black and have some funky shape too. Erland, you make a good point that once you have a keyboard, mouse, and require a screen you've morphed the appliance into yet another computer. I was thinking of those things as optional, part of an upgrade package. If there was a way to deal with dbPowerAmp via a web page, that would be ideal. That also eliminates the need for KDE and WINE. I think they have set the bar regarding CD ripping, so anything that doesn't include AccurateRip will always be second best IMO. If somehow that could be incorporated into VortexBox, then I think they would have the whole package. But I'm sure we aren't talking the sort of volume that would make any sense for Illustrate to provide custom software to Vortex box for this purpose. VortexBox, as it is, is a bit of a niche product. What I'm talking about would make it even moreso. The fact of the matter is that as-is, the Vortex box IS a PC in an appliance's clothing, so its functionality could always be expanded down the line if it made sense. -- maggior Rich --------- Setup: 2 SB3s, 4 Booms, 1 Duet, 1 Receiver, 1 Touch. SuSE 11.0 Server running SqueezeBoxServer 7.5.0, MusicIP, and SqueezeSlave. Current library stats: 33,060 songs, 2,656 albums, 484 artists. http://www.last.fm/user/maggior ------------------------------------------------------------------------ maggior's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9080 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77758 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
