I think it's a daft idea personally. Giving a product a 'installer certificate' would just make the product even more complicated to average Joe. It's would not help sales, possibly harm them.
If people can's get on with the product, maybe they need to look elsewhere. Apple or Sono's for example - really simple to install and use, but at the expensive of functionality, customisability, flexibility and community plugins, etc etc. But most people cant accept that something might be a little difficult for them and blame the product. Also, if someone is so technically incompetent that they need a professional installation, you could argue that they should not bother at all - as how are they going to cope with maintaining it, trouble shooting network issues and ripping and tagging music etc when the 'certified installer' is not around? Slimserver/Squeeeze Center is far from perfect, but I would in fact argue that the initial installation is not actually that hard, most problems people have are with their existing Wifi network, PC or badly tagged music, not the Squeezebox specifically. My biggest fear has always been since the logitech acquisition that the products could be 'dumbed' down to give them broader audience. -- autopilot SLIMSERVER:[/B] 7.0 APLHA (WINDOWS XP) + ALIENBBC, SLIMSCROBBLER & LAST.FM. *AMP:* CAMBRIDGE AUDIO 640A (LIVING ROOM) / DENON MD30 (BEDROOM). *SPEAKERS:* MISSION 701'S (LIVING ROOM) / KEF CRESTA 1'S (BEDROOM). *REMOTE:* T-MOBILE MDA VARIO / HARMONY 525 (IR) / *BETA TESTING SB DUET X 2 [B]Clients:* 1 Squeezebox 3 + Softsqueeze + Squeezebox Receiver. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43491 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
