[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-08 Thread Fifer
> How many are out there? 500, 5000, 5 -- that is important and not > unfair to ask. Speaks to the strength of the business and community. > According to the 'Al Gore invented the Squeezebox' EE Times article linked to from seanadams.com, 'the 25-year-old Adams has sold some 10,000 MP3 player

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-05 Thread seanadams
Oops, we are posting offtopic in an existing thread... please reply in a new thread. -- seanadams ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-05 Thread seanadams
David, I remember your name from the early, early, days! The Linux install can be a bit of pain - since we've added the database functionaly there are a few more opporunities for a problem on Linux. However for Windows and MacOSX, the install is very easy because our download includes everyhing

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-04 Thread takashi37
Aylwin Wrote: > > Congratulations to all the new parents out there! Double that if it's > your first! I have a 2 month old myself. Our third child. We have a 3 month old first child here... and the spoiled brat already has her own SB2 :) -- takashi37 __

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Aylwin
WARNING: Off topic. Congratulations to all the new parents out there! Double that if it's your first! I have a 2 month old myself. Our third child. I can surely identify with wanting more SB2's. The recent reduction in price and the discount on international shipping is very tempting indeed.

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Steven Moore
Good to hear. Steven Moore On 3 Aug 2005, at 17:20, seanadams wrote: - We are not disappearing any time soon. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Philip Meyer
>-- Financially? Well, they just lowered the price on their fairly-new >Squeezebox2. There are plenty of possibilities for this, a few being: > Another possible reason is perhaps there's a new model on the way, which they want to price similar to the original SB2 price. Pure speculation, of co

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Todd Fields
--- T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Trust me, toys are more important for the parents than the > baby. So true. Our toys may be more expensive but at least we don't outgrow them in two months Start your day with Yahoo!

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Jim Dibb
Actually, I fully agree. On 8/3/05, T <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Or in this case maybe 10 or 20 less toys for the baby. :) > > Trust me, toys are more important for the parents than the baby. > > Tom ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevic

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread T
Or in this case maybe 10 or 20 less toys for the baby. :) Trust me, toys are more important for the parents than the baby. Tom ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Jim Dibb
Or in this case maybe 10 or 20 less toys for the baby. :) (Just had my second 10 wks. ago). On 8/3/05, Todd Fields <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know how you feel. Ever since they reduced the wired SG2 to > $199 and sent the $20 coupon in the mail I've had to do > everything I can to restrai

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Todd Fields
--- m1abrams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will be purchasing as many as the wife will allow, however > that right > now is just one :( I know how you feel. Ever since they reduced the wired SG2 to $199 and sent the $20 coupon in the mail I've had to do everything I can to restrain myself from

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Fifer
> I'm sure our friends in the UK can elaborate (or correct me), but in the > UK all companies, public or private, must be registered at Companies > House, and submit financial statements. Those statements are available > to the public. I used to enjoy reading the financial statements for all > the

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread JayNYC
Sean, thank you. -- JayNYC ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread m1abrams
I would also like to add. Slimdevices has been a pretty standup company for the consumer. One revision to the hardware was an upgrade to the VFD display to give it graphical abilities. They did NOT have to offer to current owners an upgrade path to the better display, but DID and even gave us a

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread seanadams
I am happy to comment on some not-really-secret details for those who are curious, but first: THIS IS NOT AN OFFER TO BUY OR SELL SECURITIES. AS A MATTER OF POLICY AND LAW WE DO NOT DISCUSS INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES PUBLICLY. FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. Some info: - S

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Bruce Hartley
This is true, all "Limited" companies have to submit basic accounting statements to companies house. http://www.companieshouse.co.uk/ These are then publicy available. -- Bruce Hartley ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://l

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread superbad
OT I'm sure our friends in the UK can elaborate (or correct me), but in the UK all companies, public or private, must be registered at Companies House, and submit financial statements. Those statements are available to the public. I used to enjoy reading the financial statements for all the F1 te

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread oreillymj
I notice that the orignal poster has not been back to give any reason for their request. Unless he/she can give a legitimate reason for requesting this info, I think this thread should be ignored. It seems to just be a way of creating FUD. -- oreillymj _

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Dave D
whizkid Wrote: > Most companies, public or private, give some sense of their company and > market strength. Perception is too often not reality in the tech biz. "Most companies?" Please name some examples of small private companies who have posted financials, or any REAL information about their

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread Aylwin
That's correct. Public companies are required by law to submit financial statements. Naturally, they need to answer to their stockholders. And this information is available to the public. Private companies only have to answer to the government (taxes). How much of this financial information is

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-03 Thread WSLam
The most important thing we can do is to make sure we do our own share of 'marketing'. I'd assume we all here love our SB2 and how it has changed the way we listen to music. But given the SD is still a pretty small company, they can't really afford marketing like Sonos. If we all do our share to s

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread radish
whizkid Wrote: > > Most companies, public or private, give some sense of their company and > market strength. > Really? Public companies have to publish accounts. These are sometimes accurate (see Enron, WorldCom). Private companies needn't publish anything. They can say what they like about t

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Ben Sandee
On 8/2/05, whizkid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for "if they drop dead tomorrow you still have a functioning > system". True, but for how long? Right up until the next standard or > needed feature requrires hardware/firmware changes and at that very > moment you become stranded. Umm what?

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread whizkid
Not suggesting they have to post their entire financials! Most companies, public or private, give some sense of their company and market strength. Perception is too often not reality in the tech biz. As for "if they drop dead tomorrow you still have a functioning system". True, but for how long?

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
However, it is also a reasonable request given the huge quantity of apparently solid companies and products which vanish leaving users stranded. I disagree. I don't think it's a reasonable request. Even huge companies that are still in business drop products. If SlimDevices drops dead tomor

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread whizkid
Fair enough, many private companies typically do not want to disclose financials, there are good reasons for this. Mostly, it keeps competitors guessing. However, it is also a reasonable request given the huge quantity of apparently solid companies and products which vanish leaving users stranded

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 18:00 -0700, Dave D wrote: > JayNYC Wrote: > > Does anybody know what the business and financial condition of Slim > > Devices is?... > Strange way of fishing for non-public information. I wouldn't expect > that anyone at Slim would publicly divulge this information (especi

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread m1abrams
And if you are cencerned about the support for the software. Well since EVERYTHING but the firmware is opensource you really have no concerns there. The server software would continue to be supportted long after Slimdevices closed doors. However since this product is currently in its 4th hardwa

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Dave D
JayNYC Wrote: > Does anybody know what the business and financial condition of Slim > Devices is?...Is Slim Devices venture funded (if so, which firm), are > they profitable, are they planning to be, does existing management own > the company or have they sold out to investors, etc...Any info gre