pablolie wrote: > I have not taken a look at the LMS PERL code -and I am not a PERL > programmer, but it reads quite well as a rule. It's not the 3rd party > APIs that would seem the problem to me, though - the whole point about > an API is that it hides inner complexity, i.e. to stream Pandora I don't > need to do what they do internally, but rather merely invoke their > published methods in my program. In LMS, it seems to me, all 3rd party > APIs are optional, I can disable them within the Applications/Plugin > options. It is the mandatory entry of a user account and password at > mysqueezebox.com, required for installation and operation, that seems > the liability when it comes to future proofing the LMS. > > I am not the least interested in how Logitech implements > mysqueezebox.com - all I am saying is that, as a last service to > Squeeezebox customers, Logitech should publish an open source version of > LMS that runs in total autonomy within customers' home networks, > blissfully unaware and independent of mysqueeezebox.com. The latter > should be an optional application, like Pandora or others. That way a > lot of the paranoia about the future-proof nature of our Squeezebox > investment would be gone.
That's essentially what LMS *is*. A username/password on mysqueezebox.com is not required. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ azinck3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96606 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
