On a fine day, 01-03-2003, Tony Perretta wrote: > > OTOH I think that >> Emagic could have decided to stop the entire LAW thing right here and >> now, with the release of LA6 for Mac. The fact that they choose to >> do otherwise is what made me say Emagic is cool. > >I'm not sure what you say is true HJ. As far as I'm aware Emagic are legally >bound to fully support Logic 5 for Windows until Sept 30th 2004 and I >suspect this includes bug fixes. Apparently this is stipulated by German >law. That's the 1st time I hear this. What's the idea? A 2-year support period or something? But even then, define "support software". Does that mean they have to issue new releases, or does it mean their helpdesk may not turn down LAW-costumers, or anything in between... I don't believe for a second that any law could force a company to produce software for a specific group of people. That would bizarre, wouldn't it? I mean: what then if Emagic simply issued a 5.5.1 in which a minor detail was changed like the cokour of the Play button :), and then 6 months later ditto with a 5.5.2... That's "support" right -- new versions of the osftware... Surely this law doesn't say which features of the software should be changed or added, right? The fact that LA6 is Mac-only sort of proves my point: apparently Emagic is not forced, by law or however else, to keep the LAW and LAM versions "in sync" until Sept '04. So again: define "support"... -- Hendrik Jan Veenstra <h@...> Omega Art: http://www.omega-art.com