desertrat58;191146 Wrote: > Get over it. Logitech IS Slim Devices. Period. Hopefully a professional > programmer can finally give Slim Server and Soft Squeeze (and other > plug-ins written by amateur programmers) the slick feel that these > EXPENSIVE electronics need. > > I am chomping at the bit to order a Transporter (having auditioned a > Squeezebox). While the hardware is first class, the software is > two-bit. It works okay, but you must be fairly computer geeky to > understand what is going on. Slim Server looks just plain ugly. > > Slim Server, as it sits now, would be a call-line, tech-help mess for > Logitech. If they are smart, they will do a major interface fix on Slim > Server before they try to mass market their devices to the Best Buy > crowd. > > This will, of course, not set well with the current, geekified > enthusiasts. However, remember this. You are not Logitech's market. You > already own one. > > Let me add, that I too can be a geek. I like being a geek when I want > to be a geek. I don't like being a geek when incomplete software forces > me to.
I do agree with you, and, as far as I am concerned the aquisition of Slimdevices by Logitech will bear good fruit. What I find unreasonable from a marketing point of view, is that they should kill off the Slimdevices brand, rather than invest on it as a high quality subdivision, nothing more. Cheers, Giacomo -- gbruzzo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ gbruzzo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3633 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33966 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
