I guess I see it as few people on Twitter have: Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Not bumping the scheduled presenters would cause a huge backlash. DESPITE Apple pulling sanctioned / support for the Supermeet. DESPITE their withdrawal necessitating expanding the scope of the event for the past several years. That was...well, shitty. DESPITE this, and being a fanboy or not, FCP users would be up in arms for passing on the first whiff of the new product.
And of course, the reverse is true: Having Apple show the new FCP at the Supermeet *should* be one of the biggest things for the post industry in recent history - trumping the importance of those already scheduled (with all due respect to those presenting, I had my tickets prior to the announcement to hear Kevin and Phillip, etc.) This would, as we've seen, conceivably cast a bad PR spin on Apple for muscling in, and a potential tarnish on the Supermeet crew.
IM_VERY_HO, for shame on Apple for putting Supermeet in this predicament. Apple doesn't need the Supermeet crowd to have an event, period. It isn't needed to have this at NAB to show up the rest of the industry. It's dirty pool. They've backed out from *virtually* every industry event, including Supermeet and NAB. No takebacks, Apple. You should not be able to have it both ways.
Michael and Dan have their plates full, and let's hope that the backlash from this is the lesser of the 2 evils.
~Michael
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