[iptv-users] Minerva 4

[Dan White]

On 25/02/10 16:31 -0600, Alex Moen wrote:
> I don't really think that these requests are out-of-line or would be  
> extraordinarily difficult to program, and I think that they would be  
> received Minerva's customers very well, but I just don't see any forward 
> movement on any of them.  Also, I don't see the "whiz-bang" capabilities 
> that being on an IP platform allows being developed by Minerva either.  
> It's really disappointing that we have these wonderful IP networks that 
> we could do so much with and we aren't taking advantage of them in order 
> to provide a better, more intense experience than traditional cable 
> can... We're just keeping up with the cable industry, not exceeding it, 
> like Minerva promised us so many years ago.
>
> As much as I dislike Micro$oft products, it may be the only one out  
> there that can provide "coolness" and new ideas.  It's really kind of  
> depressing.

I feel much the same way about our vendor (which is not Minerva).

I've asked for features years ago that would allow us to add our own
services to the customer interface, but those features had been seen as
secondary to more pressing features. I feel like we're moving at a snails
pace towards what I would like to see us offer customers, rather than what
the middleware vendor anticipates.

I wish someone would develop a strong STB toolkit, rather than a "polished"
customer interface. I'm much more intrigued by a DIY environment, like I'm
used to in open source, than a product on a platter like we have today.

-- 
Dan White