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

[Bill Davis] "No, because you have a single focus and point of view in these discussions. You purport to represent the "hollywood industrial view" and you do so consistently and clearly by your own writing.
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That's a lie, Bill. The only thing I've ever purported to represent is my own personal work experience. I've never claimed to represent anybody's pov other than the people I work with or talk to. You do the exact same thing, in fact far more so than I do. Aren't you always cutting something in some client's lobby.

[Bill Davis] "You're the one who invoked AFI seminars and unionization as part of your foundational construct of what constitutes "professional" editing."

Are you crazy? Are you drunk? How did you even get to that? Invoked? Foundational construct? How is mentioning AFI or the fact that two nasty labor disputes were centered on digital/Internet delivery issues of any significance? Is it name-dropping to you? Well, you just spent weeks detailing your experiences at NAB. What is it that makes you able to throw that name around?

[Bill Davis] "You used that as a bit of a cudgel to try to make my initial post seem like it was coming from someone who didn't "get" the fact that what I'm arguing for is already so widely incorporated in global editing that X's propagation of it in a low priced tool is dismissible."

Again, huh? You were going on about "elephant's in the room," and "studios" and "broadcast." I was simply making the point that is was NOT an elephant in the room, and hasn't been for a long time. As far as YOU accusing me of accusing someone of not getting it, that's got to be the biggest joke of the week. I know of no one else, Bill, who throws around that "you're just too out of it to get it" meme as often as you.


[Bill Davis] "I think you're dead wrong in that assessment and it's evidence that you're out of touch with other editing requirements that don't dovetail with your parochial experience in Hollywood.
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I'm certainly less familiar with the requirements and/or demands of things that aren't part of my work routine. Isn't everybody? Aren't you?

[Bill Davis] "So it's completely fair for me to point out that your thinking might be every bit as skewed as the thinking of someone like me who isn't saddled with the "industry town" mindset that you espouse.
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How completely fair of you to judge yourself as being completely fair.

[Bill Davis] "I'm suggesting readers here consider how new tools like FCP-X might impact an editor who works in the larger arena. You're often trashing it as "not a big deal" largely because you elevate workflows in which it doesn't excel (primarily precisely those large company workflows that hollywood values) and thereby skewing the discussion away form what may well be more universal concerns for working editors in a larger and more ecumenical pool.
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No. I'm often a one-man band, and I like tools that let me easily deliver the things that I'm required to deliver. BTW, for someone who drones on and on about their super-big time corporate clients, tv spots, and national campaigns, how exactly do YOU become Mr. Ecumenical?


[Bill Davis] " believe that's a completely fair criticism of your posts above.
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Okay. And I believe that your head is in a place that, if you were wearing a headlamp, you'd have a clear view of your lower intestines.


[Bill Davis] "The readership here will determine for themselves whether my points are valid and whether their experiences better match mine or yours.
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Okay. As to commenting on the rest? What's the point? I think you're fighting your own demons here, Bill, and you just stuck my face on 'em.