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> First of all, any negotiations would have been secret. What if the 
word had 
> gotten out about the talks, and then people stopped buying LAW, 
then the 
> talks broke down. Then Emagic would be screwed both ways. 

I guess we'll have to wait 'till dr. Lengeling publishes his memoires.


> The only thing I think was discourteous was.... once the deal was 
decided... 
> that we find out in a terse web statement. Since millions of 
dollars and 
> hundreds of thousands of users are involved, it would have been 
wise, 
> courteous, and good business sense - to announce it in a nice way, 
with some 
> plans for the LAW cross grade already thought out. Apple screwed up 
by 
> stirring everyone up unnecessarily.

Exactly: bad timimg, bad information. Customer relations management 
has never been Emagic's strongest point.