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Craig Jackman
Location: Canada
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Posted - Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:20 am
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I realise that they need to make back what they've spent on Syntrillium, but please, Adobe ... if you're listening ... don't send me direct email. Yes I'll get the free pass from 2.1 to AA, but I really don't need a hard copy of it. I'll just download it and make my own.
I work at a radio station. I have no use for Adobe's video collection for $799 US. Radio ... sound only remember? Looks don't count!
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djwayne
Location: USA
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Posted - Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:39 am
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It just mass marketing, hopefully some people will buy it and keep the company afloat, so they can develope affordable DVD-A recording software. Everybody has different needs. It's nice to know it's available though.
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Caleb
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Posted - Tue Aug 12, 2003 10:52 am
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Gee.. And I thought I was the only one that didn't like getting more useless crap in my inbox. I didn't ask for Adobe's mass mailing when I bought CEP(Hell, I didn't ask for Adobe)..
I do wish they would quit.
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jonrose
Location: USA
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Posted - Tue Aug 12, 2003 11:11 am
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Email them and complain.
Ask them to not mail promotional material to you.
Actually, I found it rather informative, in a perverse sort of way...
It tells me that I will eventually have to [t:03d38ff625]buy[/t:03d38ff625] rent a copy of Windoze XP. After all, every new video product they've made requires it...
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drumcat
Location: Vatican City
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Posted - Tue Aug 12, 2003 4:02 pm
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No sympathy, though, Jon. The 9x codebase is now over 8 years old. The world moved on...
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Email them and complain.
Ask them to not mail promotional material to you.
Actually, I found it rather informative, in a perverse sort of way...
It tells me that I will eventually have to [t:df5f241728]buy[/t:df5f241728] rent a copy of Windoze XP. After all, every new video product they've made requires it...
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jonrose
Location: USA
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Posted - Wed Aug 13, 2003 1:01 am
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No sympathy, though, Jon. The 9x codebase is now over 8 years old. The world moved on... |
Yes, I know.
It's just too bad that marketing dynamics have made it the only game in town. Call me a Luddite, but I really have a hard time paying US$300 for something that's basically still in beta... and that's just the rental fee.... Heh-heh!
:D
Best... -Jon
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drumcat
Location: Vatican City
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Posted - Wed Aug 13, 2003 1:05 pm
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You.... you.... Luddite!
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No sympathy, though, Jon. The 9x codebase is now over 8 years old. The world moved on... |
Yes, I know.
It's just too bad that marketing dynamics have made it the only game in town. Call me a Luddite, but I really have a hard time paying US$300 for something that's basically still in beta... and that's just the rental fee.... Heh-heh!
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Best... -Jon
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VoodooRadio
Location: USA
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Posted - Wed Aug 13, 2003 1:22 pm
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The 9x codebase is now over 8 years old. The world moved on... |
Well, not the entire world. Some of us are still making $$$ using 98! FWIW, I use 98fe... and the cash keeps coming!
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drumcat
Location: Vatican City
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Posted - Wed Aug 13, 2003 1:30 pm
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But Voodoo, you're *always* the exception to the rules...
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The 9x codebase is now over 8 years old. The world moved on... |
Well, not the entire world. Some of us are still making $$$ using 98! FWIW, I use 98fe... and the cash keeps coming!
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MusicConductor
Location: USA
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Posted - Wed Aug 13, 2003 3:07 pm
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I don't know if Craig saw this on the Adobe forum, so I'll post it here as well.
Did you ever receive announcement e-mails from Syntrillium? They sent them out so rarely -- like once a year when 2.0 and 2.1 were released -- that you'd hardly think of it as spamming. My guess is that Adobe bought that list and is informing you of the latest upgrade! Here's a quote from the fine print that you might have missed:
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You've received this email from Adobe because you've expressed an interest in Adobe products or services and have given Adobe permission to communicate with you via email. If you prefer not to receive email from Adobe in the future, simply use this link or email us with the subject of "Unsubscribe," and we'll take you off the list as quickly as possible. |
Of course, "this link" is embedded in your deleted email. So email support.
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ozpeter
Location: Australia
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Posted - Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:12 pm
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The 9x codebase is now over 8 years old. The world moved on... |
According to the Norton people, this new MSBlast worm only affects the later editions of Windows, not Win98. So I'm laughing anyway. I hope you XP people have downloaded the fix...... I guess the virus writers are on the newer OS themselves.
Actually I have to admit that when I checked the MS site about this worm, they have buried in the pages of technical stuff there a statement along the lines that Win98 is no longer a supported OS, so they haven't investigated if it's vulnerable to this worm, and if it is, tough. Well, thanks a million Mr G.....
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djwayne
Location: USA
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Posted - Wed Aug 13, 2003 6:27 pm
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From what I've read it doesn't effect Windows ME. I have Windows ME (YA !!) and haven't had the problem. I did update it to the newer service and security packages available as of today, and it's running great.
I'm not gonna gloat too much though, as the hackers may dream up a Windows ME virus next week.
I don't understand codebase talk so do I have 9x codebase or a beta newer version ??
Clueless in Cleveland.
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jonrose
Location: USA
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Posted - Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:33 pm
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Windoze ME is Windoze98SE, with some changes.
Best... -Jon
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djwayne
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Posted - Wed Aug 13, 2003 7:49 pm
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ahhh now I understand......thank you. I'd still have Winders 98 SE if it weren't for the 7.1 sound card, but ME is working out fine, at this time. So I guess I'm with the part of the world who hasn't moved on. I heard there's even a newer OS on the drawing board for 2004-2005. Then all the XP users will have to upgrade again, eh ??
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MusicConductor
Location: USA
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Posted - Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:52 pm
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They gotta do something to keep all those software developers employed!
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jonrose
Location: USA
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Posted - Thu Aug 14, 2003 12:59 pm
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...and to make the OS that much harder to configure in order to actually DO something useful with it... like digital audio...
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VoodooRadio
Location: USA
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Posted - Thu Aug 14, 2003 5:33 pm
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Another thought..... if you have a "dedicated" DAW (with nothing more than your O/S, recording/editing software and soundfiles) then you don't have to worry about Internet viruses!
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drumcat
Location: Vatican City
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Posted - Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:09 pm
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That's not entirely true, given the buffer overflow problem with MIDI files. Granted any measure of care could prevent this, but nonetheless, it's a worry. Pray no one ever figures how to lace a wav or mp3...
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Another thought..... if you have a "dedicated" DAW (with nothing more than your O/S, recording/editing software and soundfiles) then you don't have to worry about Internet viruses! |
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