------------------------------------------------------------------------ A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96660 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Question: Would you buy a new Squeezebox player if it became available? - Yes , if less than $100 - Yes, if less than $200 - Yes, if less than $500 - Yes, if less than $1000 - Yes - price is no object; I just want the best sound - No - I would NOT buy another Squeezebox player ------------------------------------------------------------------------
moos_man wrote: > > The real question is whether Squeezebox as an ecosystem will not just > survive but grow in a hobbyist/hacker-only form (I use the term > hobbyist/hacker with greatest respect here!) > It depends, it can certainly get new features but without the distribution chain and non geek hardware it will be very hard to get anywhere near the volumes Logitech have had. moos_man wrote: > > BTW - Given that Logitech paid a reasonable amount of money for Slim, > there were likely to be various rights involved (brand name is one > example, though I suspect there is more). > I hate to make you disappointed, but considering the fact that Logitech tries to market their new UE Smart Radio products I'm very skeptical that they would be willing to sell the brand name to someone that might take market shares from their new UE Smart Radio devices. I'm pretty sure the rights to streaming services, closed source software components and similar things can't be transferred to someone else as long as Logitech still want to keep using them in their UE Smart Radio products. Without mysqueezebox.com, which Logitech probably can't sell due to the above mentioned limitation, your devices would be a very crippled Squeezebox which only supports local music. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96660 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
