dasmueller wrote: > This has certainly been an interesting week on the forums. I am > certainly not as tech savvy as many of you here are, but these are my > thoughts. > > 1. There have been many posts about people having issues w the way the > SB?LMS system works for them. If many of the options previously > available are not there, many of these issues go away and hopefully make > the product or products more out of the box user friendly. One might > then forecast increased sales volume/wider market. > > 2. The features that many miss in a new platform might possibly be > addressed by 3rd party plugins or other work-arounds. There are many > very talented people on these forums who provided some of these things > to the SB/LMS platform. I would guess that some would pursue like > options w the new products. > > 3. Most of us I would guess wished that Logitech had continued and > improved the current hardware and software. We are probably a small > slice of the overall market though and dumbing down the product makes > good business sense to Logitech. Operating a business w a forward > looking approach is the only logical way and I believe that this is what > has happened. > > 4. The need to be connected to the internet is from my perspective a > large miscalculation and limits the market to an extent. But look at the > tremendous growth of the iphone/smartphone business all internet > connected. Does it not make sense for them to pursue marketing along > those lines. Does it make me happy-not a bit. > > 5. Decisions like the ones Logitech has made made and will make are > based on an individuals perception of what will sell. They are not made > solely to maintain the contentedness of past customers. I do not recall > anyone contacting me to assist me w or consult me about the transition > from 8-track tapes to cassetes to Cds or VCR tapes to DVDs. These > changes will continue to happen. > > 6. We should be thankful for the support that Logitech has given us in > the past and appreciate what we receive in the future. We should also > strive to keep these forums a viable place for people to get any > assistance we might be able to offer-that is why I believe these forums > have survived. > > 7. I believe we need to continue to push for backwards compatibility of > new software w Squeezebox hardware and to also push for a unit than can > be connected to the home stereo system. > > 8. Am I happy, no. Do I understand, yes. Are some of my conclusions > wrong, certainly.
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