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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
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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.


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