Posted by Specs on 05/11/06 16:29

<mmaker@my-deja.com> wrote in message
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> Specs wrote:
> > I had enough around version 4.5.
>
> Shame. 4.6 was very stable, and 5.2 isn't bad other than the fact that
> they managed to break PAL DV in 5.2 after fixing it in 5.0.
>
This is precisely my point. Living in PAL land myself I felt Avid had a
less than great attitude towards us users. 4.5 ended up being stable enough
for me but that was as far as I was willing to go.

> > One has to be pragmatic about the software one uses. It has become
> > acceptable for software companies, particularly Avid in my experience,
to
> > use the early adopters as beta testers.
>
> That's why the smart people don't upgrade until there are at least a
> couple of patches out.
>
That is not a foolproof method of avoiding bugs as your first point shows.
It just shows how poor Avid's quality assurance is.

I don't think they give a shit. They know fools that suck up the marketing
BS will continue to buy their overpriced undertested software.

> > For all the good these Avid vs FCP threads do we might as well be
arguing
> > over who has the biggest todger.
>
> Agreed. I'm pretty happy with Xpress Pro HD and I know people who are
> pretty happy with FCP... it mostly comes down to which you prefer and
> whether you want to use a Mac.
>
> Mark
>
Thankfully there is a huge amount of competition in the NLE market which
might help keep some of these huge corporations honest...

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