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Craig, your arguments are all over the place. Its like trying to discuss something with water. We were talking about facilities and the value of on-site collaboration.

[Craig Seeman] ""the market" not quite. The Market is much bigger. Broadcasting is a niche and even if it's growing, the rest of the Market is growing bigger and faster.
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This whole thread is taking place in relation to NAB. Can't you EVER give the "Broadcasting is a niche" thing a rest. Plus, how can you possibly disagree with me when I say that in Los Angeles it is "a"--not "THE," but "a" major part of the professional video market. I mean, really? That's a laugh.

[Craig Seeman] "This means if you're a tool maker, whether it's hardware or software, you have to make smart business decisions regarding your R&D resources and the ROI on your development.
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Yeah. And some tools are specialized. And some tools are for everybody. And some people guess wrong. And some people guess right. Some times all you need is a laptop battery. And sometimes you need three or four generator trucks. Thank God there are people making both. A Sportsvision package is extremely expensive. Are you suggesting that they are not making money by catering to a particular niche?

[Craig Seeman] "In fact, from everything I read (I wish I could pull up the articles) NAB as in the actual National Association of Broadcasters, has acknowledged this issue and the show itself is in the beginnings of transformation as I've heard.
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I don't even know what that means. Of course they are adapting. They've been adapting regularly. They adapted with cable. They adapted with satellite. They adapted with IPTV. And they'll keep on adapting. or, they'll become useless. I don't get your point.

[Craig Seeman] "It's not about "where I am" unless you mean planet Earth or maybe you believe Hollywood will sustain an entire hardware and software industry.
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No, but there are unique needs that will be met in unique ways. And, when somebody can do in AE what someone can do with a Flame, with the same turn around time, then that will be the end of Flame. When some future Adobe product is able to allow you to do to a live football game what a Sportsvision system can do, then its time to retire Sportsvision.