# Slim Devices

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**Slim Devices, Inc.** was a [consumer electronics](/source/Consumer_electronics) company based in [Mountain View, California](/source/Mountain_View,_California), [United States](/source/United_States). Their main product was the [Squeezebox network music player](/source/Squeezebox_(network_music_player)) which connects to a home [ethernet](/source/Ethernet) or [Wi-Fi](/source/Wi-Fi) network, and allows the owner to stream digital audio over the network to a stereo. The company, founded in 2000, was originally most notable for their support of [open-source software](/source/Open-source_software), namely their [SlimServer](/source/SlimServer) software which their products at that time all depended upon, and is still available as a free download and modification by any interested developer.

On 18 October 2006 Sean Adams, the [CEO](/source/CEO) of Slim Devices, announced that the company was being fully acquired by [Logitech](/source/Logitech).[1]

Slim Devices was featured in the December 2006 issue of *[Fast Company](/source/Fast_Company_(magazine))* magazine. The article focused on the company's business model and profiled the three key leaders: Sean Adams ([CEO](/source/CEO)), Dean Blackketter ([CTO](/source/Chief_technical_officer)), and [Patrick Cosson](/source/Patrick_Cosson) (VP of [Marketing](/source/Marketing)).[citation needed]

## References

- Tew, Sarah. *["Logitech leaves Squeezebox fans wondering what's next"](http://www.cnet.com/news/logitech-leaves-squeezebox-fans-wondering-whats-next/)*, [CNET](/source/CNET). September 24, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
- Merritt, Rick. *["Digital audio startup finds edge in open-source code"](http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=26806405)*, [EE Times](/source/EE_Times). August 9, 2004. Retrieved December 14, 2005.
- Smith, Tony. *["Slim Devices adds 802.11g to wireless MP3 player"](http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2005/03/11/slim_devices_squeezebox_2/)*, [The Register](/source/The_Register). March 11, 2005. Retrieved December 14, 2005.
- Pogue, David. *["Video review of Squeezebox 3"](http://video.on.nytimes.com/ifr_main.jsp?nsid=a718aabc2:10f46cde1a2:f82&rf=bm&fr_story=637507e401b3a2abd8fbe72c0f385393edd942f2&st=1165127911827&mp=FLV&cpf=false&fvn=9&fr=120306_013847_718aabc2x10f46cde1a2xf83&rdm=707826.3008537826)[dead link]*, [New York Times](/source/New_York_Times). February 9, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2006.
- Atkinson, John. *["Slim Devices Squeezebox WiFi D/A processor"](http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/906slim/)*, [Stereophile](/source/Stereophile). September 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2006.
- Deutschman, Alan. *["Ears Wide Open"](http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/111/ears-wide-open.html)*, [Fast Company](/source/Fast_Company_(magazine)). December 2006. Retrieved January 6, 2007.

## Footnotes

1. ["Acquisition by Logitech announcement"](http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821). 18 October 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2006.

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