Re: Thank you Apple - and don't change course. Please

[David Cherniack] "We may be talking about two different things, Andrew. I'm talking about the difficulties in authoring, not in learning/using. As such I'll stand by my claim. NLE's must do a wide variety of tasks for a wide variety of uses and users. They must interface with the analogue world of a wide spectrum of hardware. I can't imagine that any 3D software, as complex as they are to learn and use, is as complex to write"

I'm certainly not qualified to adjudicate that either.

[David Cherniack] "But point out a 'major' app (other than OSX) that Apple developed from the ground up. "

There is Xcode, which is arguably the most important app that Apple develops (at least from Apple's perspective). There is also Safari, or more importantly the Webkit engine it runs on. I intentionally left out Motion and Aperture, as they might not qualify as "major".

[David Cherniack] "It seems Adobe is fully committed to competing at the high end. I think we'll see some good uptake this year and when their media management rivals Avid's they'll be well positioned."

I agree- they seem to be at that momentum tipping point FCP was at around FCP5. I doubt they will unseat Avid as the king of studio features and episodic TV, but it will fill most of the vacuum left by FCP7.

Best,
Andy