My company sells plugins for all major NLE's, AVID, Media 100, Canopus, Discreet, Apple, ect.
Shops that used to have 5 AVID systems now have 1 AVID and 4 FCP stations. Not only is FCP demolishing the NLE market, but everything related to it.
Unfortunately, FCP isn't a true substitution for an AVID or Media 100, but it is close enough that most people don't care and don't really notice the difference.
Many manufactureres are still developing support for OSX. I work for one of the biggest plugin manufacturers for video and the only partner we have that supports OSX currently is Apple.
Next can we sue the folks who send us local coupons via snail mail? I am tired of looking at those "lost kids".
What's more damaging? the handfull of junk snail mail I get everyday (to the environment) or clicking delete for an email?
I must say that as a person who is responsible for email marketing, that we also need to be careful that any laws we pass aren't so vague that some of the get rich quick FROM spammers schemes don't start surfacing. I had one person (who actually claimed he was a Slashdotter and had previously posted his plan to stop spam at some point), who I found was trying to scam my company. He downloaded our software, provided a fake email address. When we marketed to him, he wouldn't opt out of the email list, would only autoreply with a message that said if you send us any emails, we will take you to court. If you reply to this email, we will take you to court. In the mean time, the word "fee" was his user name for his email account.
I am all for not getting unwanted emails, but everyone is up in arms about spam, when I STILL get 5 pieces of junk snail mail a day. You know what I do with those, I throw them out. If you post your email address anywhere, you are leaving yourself open for spam. Just like by listing your address in the phone book, you are leaving yourself open for phone solicitation and junk snail mail.
At a certain point, the anti spamming movement becomes similar to the recording industry's efforts to stop music sharing. Let's pass laws to punish people that can and will get twisted and actually prompt abuse that goes further than actual spam. Geesh!
If you had to do anything more than hit delete to get rid of an unwanted email, I could see getting angry about it. Why don't you just use filters like I do?
I suppose they would have to resort to product placement and embedded ads. Oh wait, they already ARE doing that. Perhaps the broadcast industry will have to cut out some of the fat from their budgets.
Hey, make commercials I want to see. Embrace DVR's and target ads towards me that I will watch becuase it is a product you figure I want (me literally - not me and my 15 million buddies). Don't blame me for wanting to skip over douche comemrcials!!!
Why do bodies that own intellectual property insist on protecting it by trying to halt the advance of technology instead of proactively embracing technology by working with it? At this point, I feel great about downloading MP3's.
And, come to think of it, TV has never been so great now that I have been using my Replay TV for almost two years now.
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My company sells plugins for all major NLE's, AVID, Media 100, Canopus, Discreet, Apple, ect.
Shops that used to have 5 AVID systems now have 1 AVID and 4 FCP stations. Not only is FCP demolishing the NLE market, but everything related to it.
Unfortunately, FCP isn't a true substitution for an AVID or Media 100, but it is close enough that most people don't care and don't really notice the difference.
Many manufactureres are still developing support for OSX. I work for one of the biggest plugin manufacturers for video and the only partner we have that supports OSX currently is Apple.
Anyone have an alternative geek-news website that isn't full of shit today?
How much does it cost for all the junk snail mail we all get?
- landfill space
- incinerator smoke, smog
- trees getting cut down
Next can we sue the folks who send us local coupons via snail mail? I am tired of looking at those "lost kids". What's more damaging? the handfull of junk snail mail I get everyday (to the environment) or clicking delete for an email?
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http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/2002/02/13/com
You can find the article here: http://digitalmass.boston.com/news/2002/02/13/comc ast.html
As if AT&T isn't tracking users too?
I must say that as a person who is responsible for email marketing, that we also need to be careful that any laws we pass aren't so vague that some of the get rich quick FROM spammers schemes don't start surfacing. I had one person (who actually claimed he was a Slashdotter and had previously posted his plan to stop spam at some point), who I found was trying to scam my company. He downloaded our software, provided a fake email address. When we marketed to him, he wouldn't opt out of the email list, would only autoreply with a message that said if you send us any emails, we will take you to court. If you reply to this email, we will take you to court. In the mean time, the word "fee" was his user name for his email account.
I am all for not getting unwanted emails, but everyone is up in arms about spam, when I STILL get 5 pieces of junk snail mail a day. You know what I do with those, I throw them out. If you post your email address anywhere, you are leaving yourself open for spam. Just like by listing your address in the phone book, you are leaving yourself open for phone solicitation and junk snail mail. At a certain point, the anti spamming movement becomes similar to the recording industry's efforts to stop music sharing. Let's pass laws to punish people that can and will get twisted and actually prompt abuse that goes further than actual spam. Geesh! If you had to do anything more than hit delete to get rid of an unwanted email, I could see getting angry about it. Why don't you just use filters like I do?
I suppose they would have to resort to product placement and embedded ads. Oh wait, they already ARE doing that. Perhaps the broadcast industry will have to cut out some of the fat from their budgets. Hey, make commercials I want to see. Embrace DVR's and target ads towards me that I will watch becuase it is a product you figure I want (me literally - not me and my 15 million buddies). Don't blame me for wanting to skip over douche comemrcials!!!
Why do bodies that own intellectual property insist on protecting it by trying to halt the advance of technology instead of proactively embracing technology by working with it? At this point, I feel great about downloading MP3's. And, come to think of it, TV has never been so great now that I have been using my Replay TV for almost two years now.
at least Despair's patent dispute for emoticons was a joke. I thought we kicked British butt out of our economy a long time ago.