pfarrell Wrote: > > > You do realize that almost all software engineers are only interested > in cool new stuff and hate boring stuff like documentation and > regression testing. In general, the good ones are rare and expensive. > The folks you can get are usually not good enough to do it well. > ... > > Seems to me that Slim is mostly a hardware company. Focus is > critical for a small company. I don't think you are likely to > find that open source community and corporate standard source code > commenting is compatible. > > More importantly, I'm not sure what you hope to get with this. > Strikes me as sort of a list nailed to the cathedral door. > I'm all for freedom of expression, but I like 99% of what > my slimserver has delivered for more than two years now. > I'm not at all sure I'd be happy if Slim did what you suggested > if the result was raising the cost of the SqueezeBox from $300 to > say $600. or worse, up in the price of packaged music server > hardware, which start at $1000 and go up fast. > > [/url]
I earned a living writing software until I retired. I understand the point. However, if you want to produce good software, you need a few first-rate people who lead. I used the word "responsible" in my post to convey the need for doing what's needed as opposed to what's fun. It may be convenient for Slim Devices to regard itself as "mostly a hardware company" but the Squeezebox is not very useful without Slimserver. They need to make a bigger investment. Getting Slimserver done without cost to Slim Devices would be a neat trick if it didn't compromise the software. > I'm all for freedom of expression, but I like 99% of what > my slimserver has delivered for more than two years now. Sounds as though you would rather not hear anything negative in this forum. I understand that these forums are dominated by people in love with the SB/SS system. People who have problems post messages in hopes of getting some improvement. I'm in that category. I expressed my opinion. Maybe my way of describing problems offends you. Bill -- Listener ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Listener's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2508 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20205 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
