Linn Kazoo

[DavidHB]

(07-04-2014 21:39)simoncn Wrote:  

(07-04-2014 15:14)DavidHB Wrote:  Good question. Linn say they support open systems, and, according to the recent announcement, Kazoo is an OH application ...

I saw that, and I have been very surprised that there is no OpenHome specification documenting the protocol that Kazoo Server uses to communicate with Kazoo. My request for this specification received an apparently positive response followed by absolutely nothing....

One can only speculate, but this information, taken with the enormous 'to do' list implied by the announcement, suggests to me that either Kazoo must change fairly radically from what it is now, or the project will bomb. The worst case is that Linn will find themselves committed to software which is dealer friendly (that is easy to demonstrate impressively) but much too restrictive for the real needs of long term users - almost a re-run of DNLA in fact.

When other servers are available, Kazoo server just seems to be a waste of effort. Is Linn suffering from the "Not Invented Here" syndrome, one wonders. That would hardly be consistent with a commitment to open systems ...

David