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All I can say is I have enough Squeezeboxen and a Transporter to keep me going. I'll archive the official SC7 release and code and that'll be the end of the road for me if the deal goes ahead. Hopefully they're built to last and Sean's non-compete doesn't forever prevent the re-emergence of

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IIRC, some people have claimed that a Win32 build of SqueezeCentre would be a great improvements. be careful what you wish for...:) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286

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Uh Oh indeed - that would be horrid, unless Logitech SMS could retain some autonomy with respect to open standards and DRM, etc. Matthew -- mflint 'GoalRush , LiveDepartures and ArtistPlaylist plugins' (http://www.insignificant.org/wiki/index.php/Slim_Plugins)

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Makes sense from a Microsoft business stratergy to get into esential hardware that every PC user has to have, i.e Mice, Keyboards, Video camera's, etc. Cannot imagine that a Squeezebox will fall into this category... Who knows, maybe there will be a management buyout by Slim Devices so we

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Reuters newswire Wrote: ZURICH, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Swiss-based Logitech's LOGN.VX largest shareholder and board member Daniel Borel said he had no reason to sell his stake in the computer peripherals group and declined to comment on rumours MicrosoftMSFT.O could bid for the firm. I am a

[slim] Uh Oh

A Logitech Squeezebox is one thing, but a Microsoft Squeezebox? http://uk.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUKL1049519220080110?feedType=RSSfeedName=technology-media-telco-SP -- radish radish's Profile:

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Quoting amcluesent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): IIRC, some people have claimed that a Win32 build of SqueezeCentre would be a great improvements. be careful what you wish for...:) Ohh no. I can tell you as one enthusiastic Slimdevices/Squeezebox customer/pimp who has sold many, many of these

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Threads merged. -- Mark Lanctot Sean Adams: So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz? Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View

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I would buy the SB regardless of the label, provided it's the same SB inside. On Jan 10, 2008 8:46 AM, Dave Dewey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting amcluesent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): IIRC, some people have claimed that a Win32 build of SqueezeCentre would be a great improvements. be careful

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Please, please, please, please... no, please. -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42018

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Dave Dewey;256798 Wrote: Microsoft ruins everything it touches. I'm not sure that's true, the networking aspects of the XBox 360 are the best there are in gaming land, so they do get it right with consumers sometimes and their dev tools beat everyone else's for usability most times. Don't

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Don't worry, have some faith in the Slim Devices crew. MS could buy Logitech, but I'm pretty sure the Slim Devices management is aware that the community would die under MS lead. If Logitech is bought we are probably going to see a management buyout by Slim Devices or some other arrangement so

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Mitch Harding wrote: I would buy the SB regardless of the label, provided it's the same SB inside. The hardware is only part of the story. A very important part, but still a part. Just out of interest, does anyone know what kind of licence the SqueezeCentre Software is released under?

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Uh oh indeed! Unless MS changes it's stance on Open Source seems to me SB could be ruined. I hope that one last great version of Slimserver (Squeezeserver or whatever they are calling it now) gets published and lots of devices get made so we can find them for a few years on eBay. I really

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Quoting CardinalFang ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Dave Dewey;256798 Wrote: Microsoft ruins everything it touches. I'm not sure that's true, the networking aspects of the XBox 360 are the best there are in gaming land, so they do get it right with consumers sometimes and their dev tools beat

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My only concern with this is what happened when MS bought Pacific Microsonics...anyone seen an HDCD recently? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good

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Has Microsoft every acquired a company where the acquisition was a success? I think they neither developped Excel from scratch nor SQL server. They developped Multiplan - which they replaced with Excel (they bought else where). BTW: even MS DOS wasn't a MS development. -- Michael

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Phil Leigh;256912 Wrote: My only concern with this is what happened when MS bought Pacific Microsonics...anyone seen an HDCD recently? A what??? ;) -- m1abrams m1abrams's Profile:

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Dave Dewey;256913 Wrote: Has Microsoft every acquired a company where the acquisition was a success? I'm SURE they had to have, but neither of us could think of any. Depends on your definition of success of course. In terms of a success for MS, there are numerous examples such as Visio,

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radish;256921 Wrote: Depends on your definition of success of course. In terms of a success for MS, there are numerous examples such as Visio, Hotmail and Bungie (who were recently spun back off but made a LOT of money for MS). Well yes but they ruined Visio in the process (IMHO). -- Phil

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radish;256763 Wrote: A Logitech Squeezebox is one thing, but a Microsoft Squeezebox? http://uk.reuters.com/article/technology-media-telco-SP/idUKL1049519220080110?feedType=RSSfeedName=technology-media-telco-SP Maybe Microsoft wants to eliminate that childish 'Flag of Oppression' mouseover

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Diana Artemis wrote: Mitch Harding wrote: I would buy the SB regardless of the label, provided it's the same SB inside. The hardware is only part of the story. A very important part, but still a part. Just out of interest, does anyone know what kind of licence the SqueezeCentre Software

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SlimPvC;256930 Wrote: Maybe Microsoft wants to eliminate that childish 'Flag of Oppression' mouseover title in the download page :-) Haha, I'd never noticed that there before! For MS, probably easier to buy Logitech than to bother with the lawyers.. -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon

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Michael Herger wrote: Has Microsoft every acquired a company where the acquisition was a success? I think they neither developped Excel from scratch nor SQL server. SQL server wasn't a corporate acquisition; rather, it was a licensing deal with Sybase (who are still around, and still

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simonjedrake wrote: Makes sense from a Microsoft business stratergy to get into esential hardware that every PC user has to have, i.e Mice, Keyboards, Video camera's, etc. Cannot imagine that a Squeezebox will fall into this category... Well, sadly, the guys at The Reg can. This

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Quoting Diana Artemis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): simonjedrake wrote: Makes sense from a Microsoft business stratergy to get into esential hardware that every PC user has to have, i.e Mice, Keyboards, Video camera's, etc. Cannot imagine that a Squeezebox will fall into this

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Hha ha had also just seen the El Reg comment... Perhaps its time to start reverse enginerring the squeezebox and firmware. Cant be that radically difficult... ;-) However firmware updates would probably result in devices phoning home to Redmond to report on the latest listening habits, which

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Dave Dewey;257004 Wrote: A friend got 3 Zunes in his $3.00 Bag O' Crap from Woot over the holidays... about what they are worth. My Zune 30Gb isn't too bad. I can use it in public without somebody trying to steal it :-) Maybe an MS SB3 would sell for $150. That wouldn't be bad... -- jmourik

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roamingstudio;257006 Wrote: Then again Microsoft just tried to patent the concept of controlling wish lists... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/03/microsoft_patents_wish_list/ Perhaps Duet will evolve into HAL 9000 to serve all your needs Dave.

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Micro$oft + Logitech = Death Goodbye community support, goodbye innovation, goodbye customers. -- subagon subagon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9364 View this thread:

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CardinalFang;256895 Wrote: I'm not sure that's true, the networking aspects of the XBox 360 are the best there are in gaming land, so they do get it right with consumers sometimes and their dev tools beat everyone else's for usability most times. Don't judge them just by Windows Yeah but the

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Dude, don't give people heart attacks with thread headlines like that. This is all rumor and this article is no different than the others that have been circulating today. See thread that is more sanely titled Uh oh. #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/

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Ah... you're right - I'll be sure and give a quick scan - I thought I had news - but I can see now that this is almost yesterday's News. ;-) glad someone tidied up and merged these threads... I hope the SD crew will not lose control of their own destiny... -- kkitts

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bklaas wrote: Dude, don't give people heart attacks with thread headlines like that. This is all rumor and this article is no different than the others that have been circulating today. See thread that is more sanely titled Uh oh. One of the reasons people repost things like this over and

[slim] Uh Oh, A problem

My slimserver software went nuts tonight and I have no clue why. I was missing a song from one of the albums (it vanished from the slimserver software not my hard drive) so I did a clear everything and rescan function and when it was finished all hell broke loose. Now I have multiple listings