Re: Re: Apple at it again..

[Kevin Hawkins <yahoogroupskh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andy..

Do you have a link to the DDAR firmware for SqueezeCentre integration ?

K

Andy Powell wrote:
> Music around the home is (was/will be again when we move to new place)
> managed by squeezecentre DDAR's running some nice squeezebox firmware,
> a boom and a controller. For my iPod I use perl scripts, it's a
> magnificently flexible mechanism. Ok, it might not be drag and drop
> but I bet it's a lot lot faster.
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> Quoting noel_pilot <noel@xxxxxxx>:
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>> I'm steering well clear of the main topic here but I'm intrigued,
if
>>  iTunes in your opinion is so shocking....what do you use?! I've
>> been  on itunes for years and not looked elsewhere since so
>> genuinely  interested to know what i might be missing!
>>
>>
>> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Andy Powell <ukha@...> wrote:
>>
>>> On 18 Jul 2009, at 11:57, Phil Harris wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On
>>>>> Behalf
>>>>> Of David Gumbrell
>>>>> Sent: 18 July 2009 10:35
>>>>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>>>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Apple at it again..
>>>>>
>>>>> Apple only screws over *disloyal* customers ...
>>>>>
>>>>> ;-)
>>>>>
>>>> Exquese me?
>>>>
>>>> I saw the ;-) but if making a new generation product
incompatible
>>>> with a
>>>> load of 3rd party pieces of kit that they have previously
approved
>>>> as "Made
>>>> for iPod" isn't screwing over a wadge of customers
then I don't know
>>>> what
>>>> is...
>>>>
>>>> Phil
>>>>
>>>>
>>> While I understand the frustration, you can't expect new
generations
>>> of products
>>> to always work with old add-ons. Apple can't certify hardware
for use
>>> with the
>>> iPhone or Ipod Touch if they don't exist at the time. Apple
have
>>> provided 'Works with'
>>> labeling for both the iPhone and Ipod Touch.  Of course you
can't buy
>>> 'Works with'
>>> add ons if the thing they 'Works with' doesn't exist.
>>>
>>> Having said that I think Apple are cnuts but I do like some of
their
>>> hardware and I certainly like OSX.
>>>
>>> However, who the f&$k in their right mind WANTS to use
iTunes for
>>> anything  (other than torture)
>>> it's the biggest pile of donkey droppings to plop out of those
>>> cappuccino sipping Cupertino dwellers.
>>> IMHO anyone that wants to use iTunes for anything deserves the
whole
>>> 'bag of hurt'  that it is.
>>>
>>> Of course, if Palm had been more open they'd have used
established
>>> standards, preferably open ones, so
>>> that the multitude of applications and sync mechanisms already
>>> available could be used. Palm tried to be
>>> smart and cheap and failed on the smart part.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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