erland;683698 Wrote: > Considering that they have managed to get rid of most people that had > knowledge in the product I'm extremely skeptical if anyone would be > willing to acquire the product line, feels like they either have to > start investing in it themselves or continue to let it die slowly. I think there are parts of the product line that a buyer might find valuable, possibly to build upon further or merge with some other product. Or to sit on it and eliminate a competitor. erland;683698 Wrote: > Is there anything else out there that have a brighter future except for > AirPlay devices and Sonos ? If not, what's the alternative ? > > There are some new hardware announced now and then from other vendors, > but there are a lot of Squeezebox users and I believe most are quite > happy with the devices, so except for Airplay devices and Sonos I don't > really see any other strong competitor. Well if you choose not to consider Airplay and Sonos -- that is the _strongest_ competitors -- then yes, it is hard to see any strong competitors. I think AirPlay has the big momentum at this point. Juggler is right that AirPlay isn't the same thing as SB, but for a lot of people that doesn't matter. Either they don't care about multi-room, or they have their server in their hand in the form of an iPhone, iPad, or iPod. Current SB owners are unlikely to give up what they have for that, but for new customers it's where the market is clearly going. Look at all the AirPlay-enabled audio components that have come out in the past year. erland;683698 Wrote: > It would probably be possible to develop a third party Rhapsody plugin > if necessary, it's just that it doesn't make much sense to do it as > long as Logitech keeps providing it. However, if Logitech would > shutdown mysqueezebox.com, it wouldn't surprise me if some third party > plugins for SBS/LMS would released for the most important services > which is provided through mysqueezebox.com. I hope that's true. For that to work I would expect that one also needs to work out the agreements with Rhapsody, Pandora, etc. It requires more than an API and some coding.
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