MrSinatra;368640 Wrote: > > i'm surprised no one else is commening, but your view seems tilted > negative without cause... > > i don't think logitech would have bought it IF they weren't committed > to it. > > and i wouldn't be surprised if there are plans to have it support video > one day. logitech is a computer accessories company, and i can't see > them going back to an "in house" way, b/c i think they realized their > in house way paled in comparison to the slim way. > I don't think the question is if Logitech is committed. There's definitely a reason why Logitech bought SlimDevices and I'm pretty sure some of the main reasons are that they believe in the products and that they were interested in the open source development philosophy.
However, the question here isn't really if Logitech is committed, the question is if the original SlimDevices employees and founders are interested in continuing on the Logitech road or if they like a completely new challenge. I haven't seen any indication yet regarding missing commitment to the product, but I have seen a difference in the interaction with the development community. The interaction with the development community has definitely changed since the Logitech purchase, from my point of view a lot more stuff happens behind closed doors today compared to before the Logitech purchase. Although, the reason for this might not actually be the Logitech purchase, it could also be that there are more employees today and that the roles among the lead developers are different today than before. It shall also be said that I'm not sure this is a bad thing for the company, it's just one of the things that are different today compared to before. I think Logitech bought both the products but most importantly I also think a main reason was that they were interested in the development philosophy used. This also makes me think that Logitech wants the original employees and founders to remain, because if the original employees and founders are lost there is a huge risk that the development philosophy and community also is lost in the process. So the real risk as I see it is if the original employees and founders doesn't feel like continuing working under Logitech. I'm pretty sure the intention was to make this work and probably still is, so I don't think we should be worrying yet. There were a lot of people worrying directly after the purchase that everything was going to be lost, but I think most arguments form these has so far been proven to be wrong. The fact that most new developers earlier was part of the community is also a good thing, from my point of view this is an indication that Logitech really wants the open source development philosophy to continue. I'm pretty sure we would see a lot of changes among the employees if Logitech suddenly would decide to end the open source development and start a closed source direction, fortunately there is no indication that they plan to do this so far. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.isaksson.info) 'My download page' (http://erland.isaksson.info/download) (Developer of 'TrackStat, SQLPlayList, DynamicPlayList, Custom Browse, Custom Scan, Custom Skip, Multi Library and Database Query plugins' (http://wiki.erland.isaksson.info/index.php/Category:SlimServer)) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56164 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
