I would really be in trouble if LMS stopped working. I have 3 systems running off my install.
1 SB3 classic
1 VAMP (hacked Pogoplug)
1 USB-spdif converter right out of the netbook running LMS
I control them all with iPeng on either an iTouch or one of our iPads.
A great way (for almost free) to network my 2TB of FLAC through a couple of systems in my house.
My brother left the LMS family (mostly) and recently went with setting up Sonos (for a lot more $) in order to get Spotify up and running.