dean blackketter;274478 Wrote: > > A qualified yes. Jive, which became Squeezebox Controller, wasn't > obsoleting or competing with another product from our line. The risk > > of going public with new hardware before it ships is that it can mean > > that people stop buying the current product. In this case, we hoped > that if folks saw the SBC, they'll want a Squeezebox or Transporter > even more. > > That's why we waited until the Squeezebox Duet and Receiver were > announced before starting the public beta program for the Receiver > part. > > So, in the future I expect we'll be figuring this out on a case-by- > case basis. We may even introduce a private beta program for some new > > hardware where we ask participants to agree to confidentiality in > order to test new hardware.
That makes a lot of sense Dean. I did wonder initially why there was no form of NDA but I understand the position now. -- Fifer ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44061 _______________________________________________ jive mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jive
