RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] new Apple stuff today...

["Ross, Matthew" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Matt, you told us the story of the guy you knew who really got 
> burned by this, and I admit that platform death can be really 
> painful.  But to think that the fact that a few thousand NeXT 
> customers got hosed back in the early-mid-90s is going to have a big 
> impact on amateur music enthusiasts today seems...not very likely.  
> GarageBand is part of a $49 package, and while it looks like a lot 
> of fun, it isn't really meant to be a professional platform.

First, let me say that I misunderstood the scale of this, I didn't realize it was intended for amateurs, however:

> > They are going to have some trouble selling that to the people
> > Steve Jobs screwed over when he came back to Apple. 

I didn't say they'd have trouble marketing it in general. My point was just that there are going to be some people in the music community that will be less than friendly to this. Even if it were a professional only suite, I'm sure it would have its share of users.

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