bobkoure;269505 Wrote: > First off, I love my Squeezebox and SqueezeCenter to death (so long as I > haven't done something to break 'em) > But... I'm a geek. I've written drivers and firmware and applications - > so the fact that I find installation dead easy means, well, nothing. > > We've been getting more-than-occasional posts on the forums with fairly > inflammatory titles. I read that as average-Joes pissed off that > something isn't "just working" for them. > IMHO, the problem here is that they blame the product - and then tell > their friends (you know, that old saw about if you like something you > tell a friend, if you hate it you tell everyone you know). > I'm sure that SD and Logitech see this as a problem, but we have a > group of very smart people here, who, so long as they remember that the > rest of the world isn't necessarily as technically adept as they are, > may actually have a brilliant idea or two as to what to do. > > So... all that said, and, just to start: > It seems to me that maybe SD had ought to think about having some kind > of "installer certification" , including training and testing - and a > way for those certified installers to get "published" - maybe here on > SD. I'd guess that'd help the "loves music, has money, but technically > clueless" part of the market. (Note - I'm not saying that this is a > brilliant idea - but it might help you think of one). > > Or is this kind of thread a really dumb idea? (self-doubt creeps in... > guess I'd have tried product marketing if I didn't have that problem > :-) )
It's not a bad idea, but it really wouldn't solve the problem we'd eventually like to solve; that is, a simple to install and use whole home music system that can be tailored to your specific requirements. Right now, the single biggest stumbling block is the fact that networking sucks, and we need a network to function. However, I can, without reservation, say that networking is LIGHT YEARS ahead of where is was 15 or so years ago (anyone remember GENOS and GENSH for Netware, for example?). As it continues to get easier to install, and--hopefully--more robust, it will get easier and easier to use our products. We're already working on simplifying SqueezeCenter, improving SqueezeNetwork, etc. We just need the network infrastructure side to get easier too, and then we will be well positioned for broader success. We're running a marathon, not a sprint, and while we may not be as fast as everyone would like, we're still getting miles under our feet. As we continue to broaden the product portfolio, improve the software, and see networking improve, I think you'll see that we are on the right track to deliver a broadly appealing consumer product; without having to compromise the core things that make this architecture great. -=> Jim -- JimC "well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that." -- BKlaas' college buddy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43491 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
