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Dennis quotes me:
>> As far as I am concerned, Emagic should be really
>> pleased and grateful that Apple has kept the company relatively in
>> tact.
>
> Completely intact.

Well, I used the word "relatively" intact, because of the Windows 
thing.  I felt that was a bit of shave off the company.  But yes, still 
Completely intact.

>> Yet a company you could be pissed at is Gibson.  Because they've been
>> just squatting on top of Opcode and won't sell the company or its
>> technology.  Apple made an offer...and Gibson just didn't want to let
>> it go.  Why?  It's absurd.  Gibson does nothing with the company, and
>> the concept is now literally dead technology.
>
> This is true.  In many ways Vision was the nicest sequencer ever.  I
> can't understand Gibson at all.  I have long had friends who work for
> them and no one can figure out what the fuck they are doing.  Not
> just Opcode but Oberheim and a bunch of others.

Gib·son   Pronunciation Key  (gib'sen) n.
[From the name Gibson.]

1. A dry martini garnished with a small pickled onion.
2. [Slang] n. A slang used by musician's to describe a village idiot. 
[ie:  don't be a gibson.] also:
3. [Slang] v. Yet another slang used by musician's in reference to 
eating a bran muffin, followed by drinking a rather large large cup of 
coffee.  To which the after effect of these two consumable items, leave 
a resounding, unpleasant vapor on the tour bus.
[ie:  The guitar player would say to a drummer.  "Hey, don't pull a 
gibson in there."].
See also:  Colon blow.
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Gibson ruined it for me.

Peace,
Alexis





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