erland;188538 Wrote: > I really like the current approach where most logic is in SlimServer, > the main reason is that it make the SqueezeBox behaviour very > customizable. With all the logic in the SqueezeBox we would probably > have a solution with closed source software and none or very few > plugins. > > However, I also think you have a point. We have seen plenty of support > issues in the forum since the 6.5 release, but as you indicate I also > suspect that the number of issues are going to raise a lot when > SqueezeBox enters the massmarket. > > One solution would be to also sell a SlimServer hardware solution with > pre-installed working SlimServer. This would get rid of most of the > support issues, but the problem is that the total price of SqueezeBox + > SlimServer box would be at least the double of todays price. At that > price other companies solutions will start to look very interesting for > most people compared to SqueezeBox. Especially since the massmarket > really doesn't care much about sound quality, it just has to be "good > enough" and this is something that most streaming devices today > fulfills. > > Another solution would be to change the whole concept of the hardware > to go from a slim device to a fat device. The problem here is that this > would probably mean that most of the SlimServer software needs to be > rewritten, which would result in huge development costs. Another issue > with this is that it would mean that SqueezeBox wouldn't have much key > features that distinguish it from other similar devices. The only key > feature I see that really would remain is the display. > > So I think the easy way out is to improve the installation program so > it detects possible problems. It might also be good to have some > additional verification software that can be executed to verify the > environment SlimServer is running in. These efforts should be focused > on the Windows environment, because thats the environment the > massmarket is going to use. Support issues for people running > SlimServer on NAS boxes, Linux or MAC will probably be possible to > handle in the same way as today.
>From one who knows. . -- haunyack RWA SB3 > Bryston BP20 > B&K r200.2 > Vandersteen 3A Signature ------------------------------------------------------------------------ haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33695 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
