djdrey wrote: > It would be sad if they did, but considering the audio world seems to be > turning into a ipod/Apple mono-culture, it seems like it could easily go > that way.
Fortunately, the music world is *not* going in the direction of an Apple mono-culture. Actually the real trend is towards UPnP / DLNA. All the major audio/video consumer device manufacturers (think of the big names like Sony, Samsung, Philips, LG, Denon etc.) already support it. It is an open interworking standard so anyone can use it without paying royalties or risking legal disputes. Ok admittedly some manufacturers (including Logitech) did not master the UPnP technology, and some implementations are still quite quirky; but on balance all the major manufacturers are using it, learning from their mistakes, and continuously improving their offerrings. Indeed even Microsoft supports UPnP. So basically it is Apple vs. R-o-W, and it is stacking up to become yet-another format war like Blu-Ray vs. HDDVD, however in this case I am putting my money on UPnP... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AndrewFG's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15838 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95603 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
