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<blockquote data-quote="Bram" data-source="post: 102607" data-attributes="member: 17179">I do agree on some parts. I think &quot;tons of thirt party apllications&quot; is slightly exadurating.&nbsp; I must admit I don't know the possible alternatives ti i.a. MS SQL Express but agree that it seems overkill and (to) much dependency on a piece of software that might not even be free anymore in the future. I don't have any proof that it won't be free anymore. It's just that MS can do anything at any time they want and money is always on their minds.Maybe there are databases that are less overkill..NET is a plus! It makes it easy for a lot of people to create plugins and makes MP possebly platform independend (in the future). This is one of the reasons why MP is what it is. A constantly growing community and application, that is better then anything you can buy or get for free. It ain't perfect, but is great!The burning of media should be improved and I agree installation and maintenance can be improves, simplified.... Maybe a plugin and skin (and optionaly SVN) download option in the setup would be a step in the right direction. Also, a backup option for the complete setup escpecialy the TV and EPG part would be great. Although I realize this could have a negative influence in development because of compatibility of the backup with future versions. On the other hand, using XML and a smart parser it wouldn't have to be a big problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bram, post: 102607, member: 17179"] I do agree on some parts. I think "tons of thirt party apllications" is slightly exadurating. I must admit I don't know the possible alternatives ti i.a. MS SQL Express but agree that it seems overkill and (to) much dependency on a piece of software that might not even be free anymore in the future. I don't have any proof that it won't be free anymore. It's just that MS can do anything at any time they want and money is always on their minds. Maybe there are databases that are less overkill. .NET is a plus! It makes it easy for a lot of people to create plugins and makes MP possebly platform independend (in the future). This is one of the reasons why MP is what it is. A constantly growing community and application, that is better then anything you can buy or get for free. It ain't perfect, but is great! The burning of media should be improved and I agree installation and maintenance can be improves, simplified.... Maybe a plugin and skin (and optionaly SVN) download option in the setup would be a step in the right direction. Also, a backup option for the complete setup escpecialy the TV and EPG part would be great. Although I realize this could have a negative influence in development because of compatibility of the backup with future versions. On the other hand, using XML and a smart parser it wouldn't have to be a big problem. [/QUOTE]

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