WELL, APPLE JUST KILLED EMAGIC -----Original Message----- From: homburg@... [mailto:homburg@...] Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:01 AM To: logic-users@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [LUG] [GEN] Apple buys Emagic - Positive Note >E-Magic start to do really well with version 5. You could see it >overtaking Cubase in popularity. E-Magic struggle to keep up >production. This explains a lot about the last few months. Cash flow >may have been a problem - it's hard to go from small to huge - most >companies fall at this stage. I think it has not looked good for Emagic for the past year - too much delay time between the big announcements for LC, L5 various plugs - and their arrival - all this time that nothing is shipping means no cash coming in. On top of that - aside from a couple of people on this list - virtually none of the many Logic users I know personally have invested in LC. I am just guessing - but I think this product, which surely cost some significant development $$ - has just not taken off as hoped for in terms of actual sales. That would be another cash crunch. I also know a number of Logic users who are still sitting at 4.x because their systems are older (still running serial interfaces - no usb). The new dongle in L5 is a barrier - that and the fact that the main array of new features centre around LC - which, for whatever reason, does not interest them at this time. Translation - not as many $$ in upgrades as expected. So perhaps Emagic really needed help just to stay alive - Apple saw an opportunity to bring in another premium multimedia app into the fold. et voila. UNSUBSCRIBE: send a blank email to logic-users-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com FAQ: http://www.belway.com/lug/ OT: send all Off Topic replies to logic-ot@yahoogroups.com or privately. SUBJECTS: include the right abbreviation (GEN/LAM/LAW/LC/OT) in all posts. QUOTES: please trim your quotes as much as possible and put comments below. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ **************************************************************************** * The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter. **************************************************************************** *