jonheal wrote: > Okay, one more, and then this -really- is my last comment. > > I guess my final advice would be, “Give the company a > chance.” It was not a hostile takeover. Sean willingly sold the > company for a sum of money that maybe he could have retired on. He > probably could have just hit the road. Same with Dean and others. > > But they didn't. They're both still there. > > Now, if they had hit the road, it would have been easy to believe that > they really never believed in their own products to begin with. They > were simply building loyalty amongst a niche of gullible audiophiles, > and then biding their time until they could cash out. > > The fact that they are still there speaks of some commitment on their > part to cultivate and maintain the products they created. >
For the record, I have no problem with SD being sold. Had it been my company I would've done the same. > It seems to me a primary marketing tool for the Squeezebox has always > been word of mouth. I've read many, many posts wherein people testify > as to how they led their friends to buy SBs. > > What are you going to tell your friends? "A couple of months ago, I > would have recommended a Squeezebox to you, but now it has this really > crappy logo on it, so I would steer clear." > No, but I had a hard time selling it to my friends already. They probably considered it something geeky, and perhaps, the Logitech logo will make it seem less geeky. > Furthermore, is it the proclamation of the naysayers here that > Logitech, the company, being constrained by its product line, has no > business selling high-end audio gear? "What's this!?! This isn't a > mouse! Get back in your workshop and make a MOUSE!!!" God forbid that > any business entity (or human, for that matter) has the gall to think > that they can produce something superior tomorrow, to what they > produced today. > They can produce whatever they want, the question is if they can sell it in the form and quality which it has today. The fact that the marketing boys chose to 'hide' the logo on the Transporter shows that they see the problem. They just don't seem to recognize it with the Squeezebox. Which is a pity. I'm glad I got mine in time, because I personally would prefer not to have an in-your-face Logitech logo on mine. Perhaps the new model should come with detachable faceplates, silver & black with or without logo... Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
