autopilot;191160 Wrote: > I agree regarding some of the long standing bugs that have never really > completely been got to grips with, but i can live with those because of > what it gives me that other devices don't. Don't forget that the > -"amateur programmers"- are the people that made the product so good > and successful that Logitech wanted to buy it in the first place. Many > of the people are passionate about the product, Logitech shareholders > are only passionate about one thing. > > But what worries me most is the fact that many companies believe > intuitive and easy to use software = dumbing down for the lowest common > denominator/mainstream Jo. Logitech want to sell as many units as > humanly possible, simple as that, even if that means removing > functionality, tweakability and eventually ditch the open source > philosophy which so many of enjoy simply to make it more accessible to > Mr Numbnuts who cant even change a lightbulb. The SB has always > appealed to a certain niche and type of person (the type who enjoy > getting there hands dirty if it mean they will enjoy their music more). > Logitech don't operate in that way. You say, -"You are not Logitech's > market"- but software updates will effect us all. > > So thats my many people are upset/worried. I am not saying this will > happen, but over time it could. Hopefully they will adopt a kind of > simple/advanced interface option. It's could go either way for sure, > but if i was a betting man...
One of the benefits of open source programming is: if this ever becomes a problem, the software can be forked. The only disadvantage here would be that the forked software would be playing catch-up with the device firmware. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33966 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
