R Parker wrote: >--- Andreas Kuckartz <A.Kuckartz@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>I had already read that. Which effects can be >>predicted? >> >> > >Having an afinity for talking out of my ass, this is >my moment. > I thought I was the only one! :) > What's known is that Yamaha Music invested >$5,000.000.00 into embedded Linux kernel development a >year or two ago. Now they've invested $25,000.000.00 >into Cubase. To compete with ProFools, they need the >hardware and software combined. And now they have it. > >What I find interesting is their decision to spend >millions on Cubase rather than thousands on Ardour. >Why? The value of concern isn't a technical quality. >Twenty five million will build anything soft. The >investment is in owned market. > >Combining the Yamaha and Didgi marketshares together >creates a product that automatically compete with >ProFools. > >I'll tune in to watch a couple two ton gorillas beat >on eachother. It's a legitimate heavy weight bout. The >compelling consideration for us is that other hardware >companies either adapt to compete with the gorillas or >they dissapear. Mackie has their solution. But some >hardware manufacturer is thinking about combining >their hardware and market share with Linux Audio >software because JACK, Ardour, JAMin and many other >interesting applications are almost ready to satisfy >user expectations. Will it be Neve, Peavey, Focusrite >or whomever that decides to combine their hardware and >marketshare with our software and put it into the ring >with the gorillas? Someone is gonna do it. > > This would be an awesome validation for all the hard work the dev teams have put into these apps. A little money might not go astray either! >With a ringside seat procured, all I'm missing is a >fresh pot of coffee and a donut. I will not need >cigarettes because I quit smoking a few days back and >am firmly held within the cold turkey psychosis. I am >sick and pissed enough at Phillip Morris to stick >around and watch the audio contendors fight it out. > > Doooood! ....get the gum, the patch, the pills...whatever it takes and stick it out! I did 3 1/2 mths ago. I am happy to say I'm a NON SMOKER!!!!! So there was a few dead bodys along the way...big deal! :) The Welbutrin helped with the mood swings a bunch! And I put on 25 lbs!!:) Soon I'll look like the freakin Pillsberry Dough boy! But I WONT be smokin' , no siree! R~ >ron > > > > >>Cheers, >>Andreas >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Dave Phillips" <dlphilp@xxxxxxxxxx> >>To: "LAD Mail" <linux-audio-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; >>"LAU Mail" >><linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Sent: Monday, December 27, 2004 3:06 PM >>Subject: [linux-audio-dev] Steinberg sold to Yamaha >> >> >> >> >>>http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/041221/sftu007_1.html >>> >>>"MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Dec. 21 >>> >>> >>/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pinnacle >> >> >>>Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCLE >>> >>> >><http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=pcle&d=t> - >> >> >>>News <http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=pcle>), a >>> >>> >>leader in digital video >> >> >>>solutions, today announced that it has entered >>> >>> >>into a definitive >> >> >>>agreement to sell its Hamburg, Germany-based >>> >>> >>Steinberg audio software >> >> >>>business to Yamaha Corporation. The transaction, >>> >>> >>which is subject to >> >> >>>regulatory approval, is expected to be completed >>> >>> >>during Pinnacle's third >> >> >>>fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2005." >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. >http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo > > >
