CatBus;145792 Wrote: > But the showstopper for me is the server software. Should this company > ever go belly-up, I do not want to be stuck running their old Win32 > executable in legacy emulation mode on Windows 2038 SP9 [MSRP $500]. I > love SlimDevices, but God forbid they should go out of business some > day, their open-source SlimServer software can be kept up-to-date > forever, requiring no additional software purchase now or at any point > in the future. And you really can't do better than that. But it doesn't even require outside server software. That's one thing I like about the not-so-slim-device approach. It has some intelligence on its own.
I think some of the shortcomings of the slim approach become increasingly apparent as the developers try to do more and more with SlimServer. Things like the FWD/RWD issues will probably never be solved due to the curcuitous route that a simple pressing of the remote button must travel before any action is taken. The reliance on the health and responsiveness of SlimServer and the machine on which it runs is just asking for trouble, a lot of which we've seen posted to these forums. Don't get me wrong, I like most of the Slim approach, but the dumb device angle isn't one of them. -- JJZolx Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28615 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
