<Admin - this is now getting very OT for the EXS list. I suggest it best be continued on the logic OT list, thanks> --- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Nick Batzdorf <recording@...> wrote: > > Posted by: "midiface" pshackleton@... midiface > > I'm amused at the notion that we should watch out for Redmatica's > > economic well being. > > > Hilarious, isn't it. But I suspect the reason you find my comments so > amusing is that you aren't thinking about the larger context. Are you > aware that Apple just lowered the price of Logic to $500 - with all > kinds of other goodies? And Digidesign sells PT LE with an MBox Mini > and all kinds of plug-ins for $300? > > I guess I have a different perspective from yours. In addition to > being a user, I'm a magazine publisher who relies on a healthy music > software industry for his supper - although I'm posting as a user here. Nick, I'm not pushing Redmatica to do anything they don't see as being in their own self-interest. That IS the larger context. As for Apple and Digidesign, they also act in their own self-interest, and the competition benefits us all. Surely you aren't suggesting that consumers shouldn't seek the lowest prices they can legally get? Just curious: do you think the music software industry is not "healthy"? If it isn't, do you think that is the fault of users seeking lower prices? Perhaps there should be an industry-wide commission with representatives from the software companies and user groups, that SETS prices and enforces them, hmmm? And while we're at it, online vendors who sell at lower prices should be unable to order product from the central supply house through which all music software will be sold. Oh, and I forgot: software makers should have to get permission of the central licensing commission before adding new features. Just my way of saying this: trust the markets, my friend. It'll all be OK in the end. Which doesn't mean that Redmatica will thrive; perhaps they'll undersell or underprice and go under... in which case, if there is really a need for such a product, someone else will pick it up and run the business more effectively. I think I trust Andrea to make good decisions, though. Why don't you?