This is a Mac-only affair with its proprietary iTunes plugin. It all started with the arrival of the La Rosita Beta music streamer. Let's take you through the perils we recently encountered.
Audio is getting more and more computer oriented. So what's this gotta do with audio? Actually but sadly a lot. They wait for the first service pack, patch or whatever the supplier calls it to even touch the now x.1 software in their test environment before perhaps installing it formally if their entire staff agree. Plenty of companies won't even dream of installing any Dot Zero (x.0) or even-numbered release. With version releases it goes even further. Once seriously tested and approved by all users in the beta environment, one creates a backup of the current production version and only then installs the new version. Always test new software in a special environment completely isolated from the production environment where actual users work. In good ol’ IT land there’s an iron-clad adage. The good, the bad and the ugly of Apple, La Rosita & Devialet.