The Logic Off Topic list

dear group,
the vast amount of this speculation ---based on the coming changes at 
emagic--- seem overly wound-up to me..... as most of it is still based upon 
*speculation*.
granted, maybe i can breathe a bit easier than some of you, as my *primary* 
system is apple --- i only use the pc-system extremely rarely, and neither 
handily nor happily.
but:
to the pc-users:
1) i find it difficult to believe that emagic will completely abandon your 
already-purchased products; this is the same company that's offered you 
continuous free updates, whenever possible, for the past xx-years, as often 
and as *best* they've been able. 
2) i do not believe that the products that you've purchased will stop 
working, altogether, at midnight on 30th september 2002. 
(it seems that it's only in the sw-industry do people feel they have a right 
to own the *future* product, after they've paid for a previous one; i was 
really pissed-off when audi re-vamped the tt-coupe w/o upgrading my older 
one.....)
and, it follows that
3) there is no material discontinuance of the **useage-value** of what you've 
already bought.
4) when you bought the product, you did not buy the company..... nor the 
intentions of the people who own & manage it.

re: the mac-side:

on 7/1/2002 10:18:59 AM, jim the tunesmith said:
>Lets see,
>I'm going to continue to use a product that just lost 35-40% of it's market
>share. 
me, i'll simply use the product that *works* for me, regardless of 
'market-share': i mean, why would i give a f**k about market-share, when LAMP 
does (most of) what i need, and emagic has been such a supportive company?

>I have been acquired by a company that is not focused on our industry.
hello? uhhhhh.....
OSX: core-audio? doug wyatt? the super-collider guy? avid? FCP? protools? 
what percentage of hard-core commercial studios are using PC-based systems?
i work in quite a few and varied environments ---studio, and post--- and i've 
certainly yet to see MicroSoft's 'focus' on our industry: audio and 
audio/visual.....

>My product will be in direct competition with some extremely good programs,
>which some reviewers say are better. 
situation normal.
all god's children have opinions.
all god's children make decisions.
so?
(you have no chance to survive: make your time!)
*-))

>Logic may soon become what has happened
>to many wonderful programs and products that have been acquired by other
>companies.  A thing of the past.
while that may somehow come to pass, for one to actually help instigate 
logic's demise precisely because it is what-one-fears is ---to me--- most 
ridiculous, and..... increasingly seems to be the staggeringly blundering & 
myopic power of internet-gossip and it's ability to foster multiphonic 
quasi-facts.
oops..... i ranted, too.
*-()
best,
splattercell