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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Archos plans to ship Rockbox with Jukebox StudioRE: Archos plans to ship Rockbox with Jukebox Studio
From: Stuart Tedford <stuart.tedford_at_piresearch.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:52:51 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Heiner > In my opinion it is more than worth it. The goal of most any > product is user acceptance, and having archos ship rockbox > would get alot more users. > The thing is, RockBox is not a product by itself, you cannot buy and sell RockBoxes - only Archos can do that. More users means more feature requests, and we have loads of these already. I thought the point of RockBox was to make a certain product do what we actually want, not to boost Archoses sales (with absolutely no outlay on their part). As you can tell, I think this deal is too one sided. What happens to RockBox when the AJB line is discontinued, all that time and effort spent supporting/making it a better product is wasted. I would love for RockBox to continue to grow, but it cant grow if there is nothing to run it on. Ask yourselves this question... If your AJB blew-up/got stolen/lost today, would you buy a replacement again straight away without a moments hesitation, or would you do a little research into the newer devices that are now available? My point is that the AJB range is fast becomming obsolete, and I would hate to have to use anything other than RockBox - but if this new device has bells and whistles that I want/need then I have no choice. Archos will probably more likely "borrow ideas" from RockBox for their new products, than allow an open source RockBox to run on them. Stu. Received on 2002-12-11 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |