konut wrote: > Forgive my naiveté, but what is there to prevent some new company, say > FatGagets, from developing new hardware using the open source software?
Common sense and logic. ;) Basing a new niche hardware device on someone else's failure (Logitech) in such a niche market is probably not a good idea. Other big names have tried the hardware side to music streaming already and failed miserably (Microsoft, Linksys, etc..). This becomes a compounded problem when that hardware mfr does not control the software distribution, development and fixes. It would be like making a hardware player that only worked with Twonky media server. The problem compounds even further if the hardware lacks authorized access to online streaming services which, in great part, drove sales for SB players. On the off chance it were actually a financial success then any competitor can come along and make new hardware, like Logitech itself. I just don't see a good business model to fit this niche market segment and make money. Though, granted, I'm not in the consumer electronics biz so maybe I'm missing some basic points and ideas to make it work. But it simply does not make sense to me. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96606
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