EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@yahoogroups.com, Nick Batzdorf <recording@...> wrote:
> > Hi Nick, I will look up the word 'curmudgeon' later,
> 
> It means grumpy, stubborn, a grouch :)
> 
> >  but I think there are a number of ways I
> > personally would justify this:
> >
> > 1) market penetration
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > 2) a volume buy from an accountany perspective has resulted from no  
> > direct marketing
> > campaign which can be a significant part of the unit cost of a  
> > product (Im speaking very
> > generally here since that is so dependent on your actual market)
> > 3) more money, money you wouldnt get if you didnt do the group buy,  
> > and what is the
> > additional cost? some time allocated to it by your product manager,  
> > possibly no sales
> > commission either... maybe....
> 
> [snip]
> 
> I forget whether I posted this here, but a developer friend of mine  
> likens group buys to fishing with dynamite: sure you catch a lot of  
> fish, but the reef is gone forever.
> 
> And that's exactly what we're seeing here - "Ooh, a great new  
> program. And I'm not going to buy it! I'm going to see if there's a  
> group buy so I can have it for a fraction of its value." Andrea isn't  
> a "market penetration" combatant, he's an extremely talented guy who  
> deserves to be paid for his company's extraordinary efforts. This  
> isn't a mass-market product, it's something only an enthusiast who  
> wants to advance the art would produce.
> 
> Come on, he only wants a poxy $249 for Keymap, or an additional $130  
> for everything they make! If it's not worth that, then we may as well  
> just forget it - we're only going to see music software development  
> from large companies that subsidize it to help sell other things.  
> (And I'm not just talking about Apple.)
> 
> If you want Keymap - and anyone who makes their own sample libraries  
> probably does - then consider the money an investment in Redmatica's  
> software development and stop waiting for a group buy.
> 
> 
> 
> Nick Batzdorf, editor/publisher
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>

I had a 'curmudgeon' day yesterday actually.. wish I knew it was called that then..  

to be totally honest with you, I had chosen not to purchase Keymap and purchase Kontakt 
3 upgrade instead recently (hey, does that count as competition?). Im upgrading my studio 
amougst other projects so Im not in a position to consider it a cheap buy.. especially since 
in UK pounds it isnt such a snip :O)

So, fingers crossed for a group buy, but Im in no rush :O)