>From: zerobeat@... (f-erenc szabo) >Folks (including us) >didn't even consider that Digidesign wouldn't allow full 3rd party >support for their hardware, since all other Digi hardware is >allowed FULL support. This sells a lot more Digi hardware than if >it were proprietary. I can't imagine what "strategy" Digidesign was >originally thinking. Strategy? I'll tell you what strategy. They wanted a big fat bonus for Christmas, those marketing boys from Digi-me-no-sign. Marketing people think sometimes that the customers are stupid. Well, they have made customers become clever enough to check out all other options before going for the one with the brand name that sells. Yoonchi. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ¥ððn©hí "Change has always come from small minorities." Robert Fripp, 1980 http://go.to/yoonchi http://noten.nl.fortunecity.com/jazz/8/ http://victorian.fortunecity.com/pinter/438/ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@