Larry Jordan begins knocking loudly on Apple’s door.

[Richard Allen]

[Aindreas Gallagher] “The last ten years was camelot. Apple isn’t built to last – its a single man’s vision. That can’t outlast the man. I would wager heavily that Apple will have stumbled repeatedly and faded completely by the end of this decade.”

Wow, That’s a pretty doom and gloom prospective.

I think it’s like a gaming system. They make a rock solid system, then sell games to play on that system. If you make games that only the “Gamers” can get good at or even know how to install, you limit your market. If you dumb it down and make it cheaper, you potenially
sell to more people.

These days people are looking at Apple as being more simple and solid. They’re even willing to pay a little more for it at times. To look down the road and see what will change that?…IDK

I think the ProVideo world just needs to look for an application that runs on a solid system, cause Apple is out of the ProSoftware Biz. I don’t think they’er out of biz by a long shot.

[Johnny Saunderson]

Mr Jim Giberti has hit the nail on the head with that one. Well done! I am seriously looking at Adobe Premiere now… I can’t believe I’m thinking that way, but they ain’t stupid: a half price tempter to pull the great disillusioned masses who have indeed invested thousands down the years in the beloved rock that was Final Cut Pro.
I have to say also, it’s perhaps no accident that the only people who praise FCP X are non professionals. So please, Apple… how’s about dropping the “Pro” tag on your latest gaff, just as a show of respect to the genuine pros who stuck by you and defended you to the last over the last ten years?