Re: Illustrator turns 25 today. Thoughts on it, Luddites and FCP X

[Michael Gissing] "T Payton, you should know better if you have at least read some of the history of the Ludittes so I wonder why you have misrepresented so many here who have legitimate complaints about this software"

Indeed I should have known better. I re-read my post and realized that it indeed sounded like I said if someone didn't embrace FCP X they were not accepting technology and therefore a Luddite. That was not my intention. I was speaking of a technology becoming persuasive in culture to the point of it becoming very inexpensive, simplified and yet dummed down from the professional perspective. I was also apparently projecting my own thoughts and emotions on others, of which I apologize.

I admit my ignorance also. Here in the Western United States "Luddite" is not part of the vocabulary, and I had not heard the term until I read of it recently.

I appreciate the rebuke.

Also, I take no shame in saying that I am a fan of Apple, although a critic also. Apple has been used in my life to not only give a young kid something to aspire to (I got an Apple II when I was 12), but allow me to support my family (I worked at a place called MacTemps for a while right out of college), to starting a business with little more than a Quadra 610 and QuarkXPress. Now I support a larger family and a thriving business with the help of Apple hardware and software (and mostly Adobe software too). Apple doesn't just make gadgets, they have fundamentally changed the culture. If another company made FCP X I would probably not pay much attention to it, simply based on the number of bugs alone. But if Apple makes it, I'll take notice because they have a track record of revolution.

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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque