ctbarker32 wrote: > > I am also discouraged that pretty much all of the proprietary music > server systems seem to use DLNA type technology that we all know doesn't > hold a candle to the performance and features of LMS. This, despite many > of these systems being no more than customized Linux computers. Is there > any reason other manufacturers cannot implement LMS/Squeezebox support > into their own products the way open source applications already do? > Every time I see a new proprietary music server solution (usually at a > high cost) I feel it is always reinventing the wheel and solving > problems that have already been solved by LMS? >
Hi, I guess there is a simple reason: You can't earn money with it. Look at the SOtM sMS-100 . It is priced as high as 499 here in Germany and nothing more than a raspie with pi-coreplayer you can buy for 60. If you take a cubie +2 tb Disk, you pay about 200 and have a complete server player system with more diskspace than you probably ever need for music. How should a commercial company compete with prices like this? I don`t think people will pay that much just for a fancy case and the installation service. What we can do to expand is spread it all over!! My Girlfriend now has a raspie as player, a cubie as server and player and a SB-Radio. She loves it and has no problems using it. I wrote an article in a german tube forum and may people got a cubie after this. So if we all spread the potential of the squeeze universe, we will be on the expanding side. Greetings Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------ chrissy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=47801 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102809
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