erland;665386 Wrote: > The scenario you describe is a nice dream, I would be extremely > surprised if it becomes anything more than that, but the assumption was > that Logitech really would like to abandon it and I'm pretty sure this > is not the case at the moment. > > My feeling is that if someone wants to take over mysqueezebox.com it > needs to be done without the help from Logitech, based on my experience > so far I'm very sure Logitech isn't going to help, definitely not as > long as they earn money on Squeezebox products. When they don't earn > any money on the Squeezebox product, someone else have already taken > over the market and there is no point for anyone to take over > mysqueezebox.com. > > > How much would you personally be willing to pay per year ? > > > I completely agree, but it's important to notice that most of > Squeezebox Server has been written by people on Slim Devices or > Logitech's payroll, so open source doesn't mean that it doesn't cost > anything, it just means that it's easier to get small contributions > from external resources.
Point 1 - surely the most successful role model (Apple) makes a fortune selling hardware because their software is pretty damn good. Point 2 - I currently pay around £50 per annum for anti virus/firewall software, £60 per annum for Napster, and £120 per annum for Spotify. I don't know what I would pay for my squeezebox.com, but why couldn't a partnership be established with ( let's say spotify as an example) Yheir marketing certainly might help!! Point 3 - SBS has already been written. We're talking maintenance/ upgrades here are we not? ( I did say in my OP that I was perhaps being naive) -- gruntwolla Debian sheeva plug running sbs 7.5.4 SB3 + my hifi Duet + AE5's 2 Booms 1 Radio Squeezecommander on htc desire ipeng on wifes iphone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gruntwolla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35645 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91090
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