it seems that there are at least 2 camps of people in the slimserver universe:
1. those who think the product should work as the customer expects, and 2. those who think the customer should work as the product expects i work as a software engineer (previously also in system administration) like many of us in these forums, and like many who use slimdevices' products. so, we all are at least familair with computing devices, and the maintenanace issues surrounding ANY computer. i used to be be in camp #2 - i thought that i had to work to get my computers into the shape i wanted them. i believed that all computing devices, even one that "just" plays music, needed to be configured, and lovingly adjusted and constantly tweaked, and that's just what it takes to be able to own and use a product. i have changed horses, and am now in camp #1 - i want device manufacturers to provide the customer an appliance. i have simply lost interest in dealing with hardware, software, firmware and any other *ware, that does not work when plugged in and turned on. in other words i want a product, not someone's bench experiment that happens to work, sort of, mostly, and depends on the positions of the sun, moon and stars. i've gone from using sun and linux machines to apple macintosh - you plug it in, and it works in a very powerful way. i don't feel "boxed in" or "trapped" with something less than satisfactory, just because i did not need to spend days or weeks tweaking it into a working state. i also do not find it helpful for those who think that you must tweak your setup constantly to keep it running to berate those who believe that the product ought to work for the customer. it's just two different mindsets. not everyone likes to mess with machinery all the time. i know i don't - or at least, not any more. i'll do the work to set something up, but i do expect commercial product quality out of hardware and software. that means the product works consistently when you turn it on - no ifs, no ands and no buts. products that require as much attention as slimserver are not really full-fledged commercial products, they're for tinkerers, hobbyists or geeks. i agree with forestcaver that the slimserver product is far from ready for mainstream, but works in the meantime, as long as oyu have patience for it. after about a month of tech support, i finally have a working readynas and slimserver setup. i will never touch it again, except to add more music to the nas. it's too painful to deal with a product in a perpetual alpha/beta state like slimserver. -sherm -- shermoid "you are only young once, but you can be immature forever" "life is uncertain; eat dessert first" - anonymous please visit my mcintosh website: http://alumni.cse.ucsc.edu/~sherman ------------------------------------------------------------------------ shermoid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=379 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35492 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
