gruntwolla wrote: > I just worry that if any Squeezebox replacement is born from these > forums, it is likely to be a geek driven exercise, which will make it > even more of a niche product. No criticism of geeks implied or intended, > by the way. > I think it depends on the driving force behind it: - If it's a free community developed product, I think you are right, it's likely going to be technical, very customizable and flexable and not necessarily easy to use. - If it's a commercial product which some people in the community has been involved in developing, it does not have to become a geek product, in this case it's economics that drives it and important music listening features are included while geek only features will be dropped. Hopefully the experience from Squeezebox usage can still result in a good prioritization so features that are important for music listening are still included even if would probably be a lot less customizable than the Squeezebox is today.
I personally don't think a free community developed product is the best long term solution for most of us, I think it would be preferred if it's somewhat business driven, but for long term survival and to make it possible to do the prioritization right. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97599 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
