[MPA] The Dark Side grows, Avid to acquire Pinnacle.

[Bob Olhsson]

At 1:33 PM -0500 3/21/05, Peter Kirn wrote:
>Oh yeah, I agree! Avid has an absolute stranglehold on video/film 
>production, just as Pro Tools in the studio, competitors aside. So 
>I'm  sure Sony and Apple will be watching this one closely.

Stranglehold?

A new video editing system is a drop in the bucket towards  the cost 
of pro video and film production.  Exactly as in music, Avid  is 
dominant because they had the first and best reasonably priced 
product on the market and nobody is about to replace their Avid or 
Pro Tools system with anything cheaper that is an unknown quantity 
even if it appears to be somewhat better. There's a big difference 
between the market for first time individual purchasers and that for 
established production facilities.

If somebody comes up with something SIGNIFICANTLY better than Avid or 
Pro Tools, you'll see the entire industry switch platforms in a 
heartbeat but I'm not at all sure that's Apple's game plan. They act 
like they want to sell BMWs and not Mack trucks.

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