[Timothy Auld]

And here I thought is was my own intelligence I was assuming.

bigpine

[Timothy Auld]

So we do. That’s life. Someone once said what a shock it is when intelligent people are presented with the same set of facts and come to very different conclusions. Whether or not we disagree on this or anything else I respect your point of view and find that your posts are well thought out and usually contain very useful information. So there.

bigpine

[Timothy Auld]

I did not say I was shocked. I said Apple’s silence spoke volumes. And it does.

bigpine

[Timothy Auld]

They also “said” they would be releasing “hooks” to third party developers within a few weeks. That was two months ago. They “say” a lot of things.

bigpine

[Timothy Auld]

I don’t really buy that one. I forget which release it was but one of the FCP versions was so buggy Apple
did a dot update within days of its release. You don’t build or maintain a customer base by leaving people hanging.

That said I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple came with a usable version of X for those of us who need the myriad features it is missing. The question for me is if they can do it in time to retain the market share they have now. I have never been a cheerleader for any particular platform and my sole loyalty to Mac was based on FCP. I personally do not trust the company any longer. Their silence on this subject speaks volumes. There may come a time when FCP whatever comes along and its great and maybe at that point I’ll be forced to give it another look. But after what was done with Shake and FCS3 I’ll be quite wary about it.

bigpine

[Timothy Auld]

Lots of assumptions and speculation. I guess we will have a firmer idea of where this is going come the equinox. For my part I assume that if Apple was truly interested in targeting the pro market they would’ve come out with some fixes for the many, many, bugs by now.

bigpine

[Timothy Auld]

I’m not entirely clear why you can’t assume one thing but can assume another.

bigpine

[Timothy Auld]

Thanks Jeremy, I appreciate the summary. I wish they would post it somewhere.

bigpine

[Timothy Auld]

While I agree that one personal attack is one too many, I really don’t think it happens “aplenty.” There are just a few abusers on both sides but that kind of thing tends to stand out. I know that I have been the beneficiary of help and insight from the cow community over the years (far more than I have provided, I’m sure) and a good deal of that from people with whom I have deep disagreements on this subject. So while I do look forward to a more civil discourse in which there is no place for telling people to “move on” or that FCP X is “a piece of…” I do hope the gloves do not come off completely. Passion is one of the elements that makes a discussion lively, productive and yes, I’ll admit it: entertaining.

bigpine

[Timothy Auld]

I never got a comprehensible stream. I was hoping someone else did and I see some posts about it here but so far not much luck on that front. I also thought it might be posted somewhere afterward but I haven’t seen that either. I wonder what they said?

bigpine