JJZolx;210889 Wrote: > It will only become more viable once someone begins selling packaged > systems - assembled, software installed, tuned and ready to go. And > _supported_. The $800 won't be an obstacle for a lot of people. The > enormous amount of time required to do it right, would. > > An enterprising individual could offer several different solutions with > different pricing - different sizes of enclosure, different capacities, > expandability, different performance levels. > > The two biggest pitfalls to doing this are: a) support and b) > uncertainty over products to be released by Logitech. Supporting such > a system could be very costly as you deal with things like ripping and > tagging issues that have nothing to do with the server. The extremely > uncertain future with whatever Logitech is going to do with their new > 'streaming media division' is a potentially huge monkey wrench. It's > immediately obvious that Squeezebox isn't the future.
How to avoid the pitfalls....... Convince SD/Logitech that it's the profitable thing to do! -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicketynick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1511 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36385 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
