Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-08-11 Thread toby10
jp73;647568 Wrote: I hope not, this will only make the serversoftware heavier, and create more problems, they need to get a squeezeserver version that is simple and does what it needs to do for the squuezeboxes It will be like windows bloatware (no offence windows users :-)) I agree,

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-08-06 Thread jp73
toby10;644777 Wrote: So much so that it looks like the next major release of SBS will be renamed LMS and will probably tie in with video products, Revue and others. ;) I hope not, this will only make the serversoftware heavier, and create more problems, they need to get a squeezeserver

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-29 Thread gharris999
kmr;644618 Wrote: With regards to 7.6, I have no idea if it will turn out to be a disaster or not for the Squeezebox line [...]There have been other painful slimserver/squeezecenter/squeezeboxserver releases in the past. My personal low was with 7.4. Yes, 7.6 is a little rough around the

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Herger
Personally I have the impression that 7.6 was the retiring CEO's farewell gift to Logitech! FWIW: we learned about the CEO leaving only hours before you did. And surely days after we released 7.6. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-29 Thread Michael Herger
The ongoing 7.6 fiasco set me thinking. Just what is the connection between this Forum and Logitech? Just seems that some posters here seem to have 'insider' knowledge, and certainly the Logitech support staff often direct queries here. Ok, here's my attempt of a reply: These forums were

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-29 Thread toby10
castalla;644561 Wrote: An official release usually implies that it won't totally reduce the end-user's system to chaos. If it does, then a rapid retraction and apology is in order together with clear instructions on how to recover from the ruins of chaos!.. You have to also

[slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-28 Thread castalla
The ongoing 7.6 fiasco set me thinking. Just what is the connection between this Forum and Logitech? Just seems that some posters here seem to have 'insider' knowledge, and certainly the Logitech support staff often direct queries here. I think some clarificaton of any 'relationships' would be

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-28 Thread Phil Leigh
castalla;644551 Wrote: The ongoing 7.6 fiasco set me thinking. Just what is the connection between this Forum and Logitech? Just seems that some posters here seem to have 'insider' knowledge, and certainly the Logitech support staff often direct queries here. I think some clarificaton

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-28 Thread castalla
Thanks. The total lack of any responses to posts on the Logitech Forum to the 7.6 mess suggests to me that they are either in shock or denial. I don't take kindly to responses which claim greybeard status and implicitly question 'What you complaining about, whippersnapper ... ?' If you are

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-28 Thread bpa
castalla;644561 Wrote: If you are so experienced in beta testing how the heck did you not advise that an official release of 7.6 should be delayed? There was no opportunity given. In the past a release candidate was proposed and time was given to highlight possible issues. AFAICT 7.6 was

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-28 Thread castalla
Thanks. Explains some of the issues Personally I have the impression that 7.6 was the retiring CEO's farewell gift to Logitech! -- castalla castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-28 Thread aubuti
castalla;644576 Wrote: Personally I have the impression that 7.6 was the retiring CEO's farewell gift to Logitech! I think it's much more likely that the departing CEO doesn't know what a Squeezebox is. Or at least what it does. -- aubuti

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-28 Thread JJZolx
These forums were the original Slim Devices forums and were taken over by Logitech when they purchased Slim Devices in 2006. They've been kept going mostly by members of the Squeezebox development team since then. As the Squeezebox development team has dwindled so has Logitech's participation in

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-28 Thread erland
castalla;644561 Wrote: The total lack of any responses to posts on the Logitech Forum to the 7.6 mess suggests to me that they are either in shock or denial. Logitech is a big company who doesn't prioritize talking to customers in public. Not much different than other big companies. Apple

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-28 Thread kmr
erland;644611 Wrote: Logitech is a big company who doesn't prioritize talking to customers in public. Not much different than other big companies. Apple silently denied the iPhone antenna problem for months, and similar scenarios can probably also be seen on a lot of other big companies.

Re: [slim] What's the Connection? Community and Logitech

2011-07-28 Thread erland
kmr;644618 Wrote: erland, with all due respect, I think you're barking up the wrong tree with respect to the iPhone's so-called antenna problem. There were pretty conclusive demonstrations by Apple and third parties that just about any phone can be held in such a way to block parts of the