[linux-audio-dev] I think that what he means is even more important than recognition...

[John Lazzaro]

> Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com>
>
> at what point do you expect Digidesign TDM plugins
> to fall by the wayside?

DigiDesign may be the special case here, assuming that
Avid stays independent -- the ProTools business model
offers them refuge from consolidation forces, being
hardware-restricted and embraced by the high end.

Avid's market cap is 370M -- an order of magnitude
higher than what Apple paid for Emagic, but still
digestable for the likely suitors (Microsoft and
Adobe). I use "likely" as a relative term -- the
hardware-centric nature of Avid makes it an    
unnatural fit for both of those companies ...

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John Lazzaro -- Research Specialist -- CS Division -- EECS -- UC Berkeley
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