This has certainly been an interesting week on the forums. I am certainly not as tech savvy as many of you here are, but these are my thoughts.
1. There have been many posts about people having issues w the way the SB?LMS system works for them. If many of the options previously available are not there, many of these issues go away and hopefully make the product or products more out of the box user freindly. One might then forecast increased sales volume/wider market. 2. The features that many miss in a new platform might possibly be addressed by 3rd party plugins or other work-arounds. There are many very talented people on these forums who provided some of these things to the SB/LMS platform. I would guess that some would pursue like options w the new products. 3. Most of us I would guess wished that Logitech had continued and improved the current hardware and software. We are probably a small slice of the overall market though and dumbing down the product makes good business sense to Logitech. Operating a business w a forward looking approach is the only logical way and I believe that this is what has happened. 4. The need to be connected to the internet is from my perspective a large miscalculation and limits the market to an extent. But look at the tremendous growth of the iphone/smartphone business all internet connected. Does it not make sense for them to pursue marketing along those lines. Does it make me happy-not a bit. 5. Decisions like the ones Logitech has made made and will make are based on an individuals perception of what will sell. They are not made solely to maintain the contentedness of past customers. I do not recall anyone contacting me to assist me w or consult me about the transition from 8-track tapes to cassetes to Cds or VCR tapes to DVDs. These changes will continue to happen. 6. We should be thankful for the support that Logitech has given us in the past and appreciate what we receive in the future. We should also strive to keep these forums a viable place for people to get any assistance we might be able to offer-that is why I believe these forums have survived. 7. I believe we need to continue to push for backwards compatibility of new software w Squeezebox hardware and to also push for a unit than can be connected to the home stereo system. 8. Am I happy, no. Do I understand, yes. Are some of my conclusions wrong, certainly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
