aubuti;174579 Wrote: > Well, that notion of yours does conveniently assume away any costs for > development of, and support for, the additional software and device > drivers.
actually, quite the opposite. all along i have said SS is a gigantic cost providing little return. its an aspect of their business model i don't get. it may be viable, but its not efficient. in any case, i agree that there would be minor costs in developing a device driver, perhaps 3-4 weeks investment, and probably a one time deal at that per OS, (where there would surely be overlap btw). however, this relatively minor cost, would surely pay off, as many more people could actually then use one of these things, with pgms they already know how to use and like. i have never recommended a SB to anyone, b/c most people i know aren't tech enough to deal with it, and of those who are, they would think i'd gone nuts in this esoteric byzatineness of the device. HOWEVER, if it had this layer between OS and device, i could even get my parents to use it. sorry, it just seems obvious to me. don't know why that offends you. aubuti;174579 Wrote: > It also conveniently overlooks another basic "fact of the free market": > people vote with their wallets. i fail to see how i overlooked that. in fact, many other products are far more successful. why? costs perhaps, but also ease of use perhaps. aubuti;174579 Wrote: > They buy those things that best meet their wants and needs, within their > given budgets. Frankly, I don't give a rat's derriere whether a product > does what you want it to do. I buy it to do what I want it to do, and > assume you will buy what meets your needs. Adam Smith's invisible hand > and all that.... and i am arguing against that? huh? aubuti;174579 Wrote: > And producers won't necessarily try to please both of us (product > differentiation), which is well demonstrated by the current offerings > from SD, Apple, Olive, etc. so, your position is that if i take the SD solution today, [SB/SS] and add another feature to it, [OS device driver], i will NOT gain anymore sales inspite of the rather large increase in potential market such a move is sure to provide? comeon now, you can't seriously be arguing that increasing potential market size is NOT in SDs best interests, can you? or that having a device driver would do just that, can you? aubuti;174579 Wrote: > If you're so convinced that there's demand for an alternative way to > feed music to the SB, then go for it. The slim protocol is documented, > so SD doesn't have to be the provider any more than Dell needs to > include a Linux CD in every box. It doesn't matter if you can't program > it yourself -- you have such a slam dunk business concept that you can > hire the code-flunkies and split the proceeds. well, i have no financial incentive to, Slim does imo. that can anger you for reasons that baffle me, but it doesn't change the dynamics of the situation. like i've said, i bet logitech gets the memo, and we'll see something along these lines. i just hope its for the product i already own, not a new one. and of course, just to be clear, i'm not saying either/or, i'm saying why not both? if you can explain how expanding the potential market is not in slims interest, i would be curious to hear it. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.1 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31324 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
