[Walter Biscardi] “What signs have you seen, even remotely, that Apple will give up or lose the Pro market share?”
It’s not that they will lose market share, it’s that they make user support secondary –users who invest in their exclusivizing software and hardware. Apple has done some things that upset users and software developers. One thing was release the a FCP version promising multitrack audio support using 3rd party cards, an intermittent feature at best. Burned the hell out of us many times. Glad it’s being addressed. Also, have you media managed lately? As far as developers, we’ve talked to several who say that Apple provides a great deal less priority support for developing professional applications. This is well known, but not “documented.”
Apple is first a consumer, music, entertainment company. They are decidedly a second “pro apps” company. It’s not a complaint, more a fact.
What is a drag is that we’d like them to pay more exclusive attention & that’s why I hope NAB will contain that responsibility we want Apple to embody.