MC-Free? I like the sound of that. Lets get Avid marketing right on it.
MC and Symphony are the same thing, basically. So, we are going to give Symphony some unique features that will piss off the much larger MC user base, waste valuable (and not plentiful, for Avid) resources to develop, market and maintain a separate software, and allow Avid to return to it's crazy update/pricing policies. It makes no sense. And then you have all-in-one FCPX and CS5 wooing the disgruntled MC masses with "we can do what a Symphony can at a fraction of the price, and we're much, much cooler..." If Avid follows through with this "threat" to continue with Symphony development (there is historical evidence not to believe them in announcements like this) I think it will continue the flow of editors away from Avid.
This has nothing to do with DS. This has everything to do with Avid looking out and seeing what is happening in the real world and being pro-active to that. If Avid really is listening to its user-base, MC and Symphony would be one product that would fit the needs all across the market.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@...> wrote:
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> So Scott (with all due respect), "Old world thinking' is having more than one level in a product line?
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> Like Free daVinci and paid daVinci and paid with a panel daVinci?
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> Or iMovie and FCP X?
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> Or Mercedes, C class, E class, S class?
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> Where in the history of business does it say it is better to only have ONE product line?
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> Even Coke has a ton of different brands at different price points. Yes, you could say they all are drinks and satisfy the same need, but they are each distinct brands with their own price point and customer base.
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> I realize you have a bone to pick over the DS thing, but don't let it cloud your vision of what Avid could achieve in the future. They will never be Apple. They will never be Quantel. But there is a nice market position right in the middle for a medium sized company who thinks the customer is important.
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> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "switthaus" <switthaus@> wrote:
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> > Agreed. This is another example of "old world" thinking from Avid. Oh well....
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> > --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, op <owen@> wrote:
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> > > In my opinion, this is not good news for Avid.
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> > > Owen
> > > On May 15, 20
> > > > On 15 May 2011, at 19:02, Terence Curren <tcurren@> wrote:
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> > > > > At the Editors' Lounge on Friday we were told that Avid will continue working on ways to distinguish between MC and Symphony. This is a very positive sign for Symphony users.
> > > > > Hopefully this also puts to bed the "let's merge MC & Symphony" chant.
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> > > > > Terence Curren
> > > > > Burbank, CA
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