Return-Path: Received: from spike.lmi.net ([66.117.140.17] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4590306 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:59:37 +0100 Received: from [192.168.1.140] (c-71-198-249-239.hsd1.ca.comcast.net [71.198.249.239]) by spike.lmi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98374154036 for ; Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:06:40 -0800 (PST) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Subject: Re: [AE] The Future of the Mac Pro in Video Post From: Brendan Bolles In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 21:06:40 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <241BA6E2-29C4-47A7-99DD-0992764D1EE7@fnordware.com> References: To: "After Effects Mail List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) On Jan 16, 2012, at 8:08 PM, Tim Sassoon wrote: > It has to be said that the choice was Mac Shake or No Shake At All. = Nothing Real was circling the drain at the time. Correct, but I don't remember Apple marketing Shake as something to buy = so you'd get to watch its demise up close, or just to fill out a few = extra compositing seats while contemplating a move to Fusion or Nuke. If anyone believed that Shake had a future and invested in it after = Apple bought it, they sure got burned. Sad to think it could go from = being the market leader to irrelevant so quickly under Apple's = stewardship. I bet Softimage users are glad it was once bought by = Microsoft and not Apple. Brendan