Notwithstanding the real issues presented in TFA, there are other forces at work here. The market for office suites themselves is stagnating. And programmers as a general rule like to code things that will actually be used by people.
The NaNoWriMo phenomenon sparked a significant exodus of creative writers away from office suites and into specialized novel- and story-writing tools. Similar migrations are underway in everything from screenwriting to song lyrics. Poets tend to regard grammar checkers as more of a curse than a blessing, and they don't typically need a powerful table system.
Meanwhile, a current version of Quicken does everything the typical home user might ever need to do in Excel, and specialized database tools like Delicious Library have obviated most home users' need for a more general database tool like Access.
Outside of the actual offices where these suites might still have a viable niche, people everywhere else are realizing that specialized, streamlined tools will often make them more productive and focused than a generalized suite swollen with features.
OO.o is just the baby in the office-suite bathwater. Maybe that baby is "sick", maybe it isn't...either way, it's on its way out the window.
A black box does not provide a complete picture of the conditions during an accident. If, like me, you drive a small and very maneuverable car, you're not going to just coast along at the limit and trust your airbags in a your-car-versus-big-SUV impending collision, you're going to maneuver and evade. And sometimes that maneuver will require a brief burst of speed.
All the black box will say in that instance is that you exceeded the speed limit; it won't show the surrounding conditions that made it a good choice.
I've had three such near misses in the mere 5 months since I got my car. Drivers of large vehicles tend to have a blind spot for anything whose roofline is below the hood of their own vehicle, and it's skillful manuevering that has saved the day in every case.
Reckless speed kills, I'll be the first to agree with that, but not all speed is reckless speed.
Just because you made that sentence by rearranging words I used, that doesn't mean it's what I said. But I'll answer your objections anyway.
I know more than a few professionals who use Garageband as a "sketchpad" for Logic. Logic reads Garageband files, and if you're a Logic Pro user (as I am), you don't want to have to carry your valuable dongle around 24/7, so in a pinch you get an idea down in Garageband and finesse it later in Logic.
In case you haven't noticed, "real" musicians also use Casio SK-1 keyboards, Nintendo GameBoys, and toy pianos. John Cage even composed for toy piano. Don't let your prejudice of Garageband as a mass-market toy cloud the fact that real-world professionals are using it to do something remunerative.
As for Final Cut Pro, using it is not "the norm" with recording musicians, but many pros who do audio editing on OSX prefer the workflow of Soundtrack Pro to other available options (e.g. Peak), and have bought into the crossgrade just to get Soundtrack Pro. The rest of FCP Studio they'll probably never touch. Go search Apple's Soundtrack forums for the terms "upgrade" and "crossgrade" if you require evidence of people who've made the switch.
"Real" musicians also use Roombas, cordless drills, ball bearings, and bicycle chains to make music that ends up on albums you buy. Just because something like Final Cut Pro isn't ostensibly meant for musicians doesn't mean some of them aren't using it anyway.
Your suspicion is based on the erroneous assumption that all "creative pros" are people who work in graphic design, publishing, web design, etc.
Let's not forget that filmmakers are "creative pros" and a lot of them are using Final Cut Pro Studio and Shake. Musicians are "creative pros" and a lot of them are aready using UB versions of Garageband or Logic. Ableton Live is also already Universal Binary, and very widely used by laptop musicians and DJs.
In fact, a lot of musicians are even using Final Cut Pro Studio, because they loved Soundtrack Pro and their only option to upgrade was an attractively priced crossgrade offer to FCP Studio.
There are many professional creatives already working on Intel Macs to earn their daily bread.
So let's stop acting as if design pros are the only pros who are "creative". They didn't invent creativity, and judging by the current state of the majority of the web, they're not the final word in it either.
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Notwithstanding the real issues presented in TFA, there are other forces at work here. The market for office suites themselves is stagnating. And programmers as a general rule like to code things that will actually be used by people.
The NaNoWriMo phenomenon sparked a significant exodus of creative writers away from office suites and into specialized novel- and story-writing tools. Similar migrations are underway in everything from screenwriting to song lyrics. Poets tend to regard grammar checkers as more of a curse than a blessing, and they don't typically need a powerful table system.
Meanwhile, a current version of Quicken does everything the typical home user might ever need to do in Excel, and specialized database tools like Delicious Library have obviated most home users' need for a more general database tool like Access.
Outside of the actual offices where these suites might still have a viable niche, people everywhere else are realizing that specialized, streamlined tools will often make them more productive and focused than a generalized suite swollen with features.
OO.o is just the baby in the office-suite bathwater. Maybe that baby is "sick", maybe it isn't...either way, it's on its way out the window.
Someone, please, please tag the Texas weather 'goodsummery'...I can't take this humidity any longer!
A black box does not provide a complete picture of the conditions during an accident. If, like me, you drive a small and very maneuverable car, you're not going to just coast along at the limit and trust your airbags in a your-car-versus-big-SUV impending collision, you're going to maneuver and evade. And sometimes that maneuver will require a brief burst of speed. All the black box will say in that instance is that you exceeded the speed limit; it won't show the surrounding conditions that made it a good choice. I've had three such near misses in the mere 5 months since I got my car. Drivers of large vehicles tend to have a blind spot for anything whose roofline is below the hood of their own vehicle, and it's skillful manuevering that has saved the day in every case. Reckless speed kills, I'll be the first to agree with that, but not all speed is reckless speed.
Just because you made that sentence by rearranging words I used, that doesn't mean it's what I said. But I'll answer your objections anyway. I know more than a few professionals who use Garageband as a "sketchpad" for Logic. Logic reads Garageband files, and if you're a Logic Pro user (as I am), you don't want to have to carry your valuable dongle around 24/7, so in a pinch you get an idea down in Garageband and finesse it later in Logic. In case you haven't noticed, "real" musicians also use Casio SK-1 keyboards, Nintendo GameBoys, and toy pianos. John Cage even composed for toy piano. Don't let your prejudice of Garageband as a mass-market toy cloud the fact that real-world professionals are using it to do something remunerative. As for Final Cut Pro, using it is not "the norm" with recording musicians, but many pros who do audio editing on OSX prefer the workflow of Soundtrack Pro to other available options (e.g. Peak), and have bought into the crossgrade just to get Soundtrack Pro. The rest of FCP Studio they'll probably never touch. Go search Apple's Soundtrack forums for the terms "upgrade" and "crossgrade" if you require evidence of people who've made the switch. "Real" musicians also use Roombas, cordless drills, ball bearings, and bicycle chains to make music that ends up on albums you buy. Just because something like Final Cut Pro isn't ostensibly meant for musicians doesn't mean some of them aren't using it anyway.
Here's a heaping pile of salt for you:
Your suspicion is based on the erroneous assumption that all "creative pros" are people who work in graphic design, publishing, web design, etc.
Let's not forget that filmmakers are "creative pros" and a lot of them are using Final Cut Pro Studio and Shake. Musicians are "creative pros" and a lot of them are aready using UB versions of Garageband or Logic. Ableton Live is also already Universal Binary, and very widely used by laptop musicians and DJs.
In fact, a lot of musicians are even using Final Cut Pro Studio, because they loved Soundtrack Pro and their only option to upgrade was an attractively priced crossgrade offer to FCP Studio.
There are many professional creatives already working on Intel Macs to earn their daily bread.
So let's stop acting as if design pros are the only pros who are "creative". They didn't invent creativity, and judging by the current state of the majority of the web, they're not the final word in it either.