Re: Article: What a Long, Strange Year It's Been!

Well said Walter! You and I both started out on the FCP journey around the same time with the Cinewave card. That to me was the game-changer for FCP, broadcast quality in and out for a fraction of the price of an equivalent Avid.

Fast forward 10 or more years and it's time to move on. I'll miss FCP, it's too bad Apple couldn't or wouldn't sell the code to a company that could continue development on it.

I remember when Apple got out of the 1U server business, Steve said they were only selling 12000 a quarter (or it might have been a year) Either way, for some smaller companies, 12000 units of a product is a viable business model, but when you're selling a gabillion iDevices per quarter, 12,000 units of another product becomes a distraction rather than a profit centre.

I hate the thought of transitioning to PCs, but its inevitable that they will sneak into our work flow as our 20+ MacPros start to age.

Cheers

John C