Hi fellas,
I guess I have good news for everyone who enjoys SOFO software like me. I just received an e-mail from Joshua Dodge (Customer Relations Lead) that describes a quote from SOFO senior management regarding the acquisition from Sony Pictures of SOFO software:
"Both Buinevicius and Levy say Sony Pictures intends to migrate the development and product management teams behind the desktop software products to Sony Pictures following the acquisition, which they expect to complete in June 2003. Moreover, one interesting facet of the sale of this division of Madison, Wisconsin-based Sonic Foundry to Culver City, California-based is that Sony Pictures intends to "maintain the Madison operation," Levy says.
One concern raised among the Sonic Foundry faithful and other content creation pros immediately after news of the sale broke, in online forums such as the video-oriented creativecow.net and the audio-oriented velvetrope.com, was that the products would lose their identity, further development of the tools would be abandoned, and that tech support would diminish as well. Levy says the continuity of the development team and the Madison operation will bring continuity to the products. "I expect the products will retain their names," he says; Sony Pictures will continue to develop the products with migrated Sonic Foundry staff, and, according to Levy, "tech support will continue as it is."
http://www.emedialive.com/news/2003/0512_1.html
And Joshua commented:
"We feel very confident that our products will continue to strive forward and break boundaries, in fact becoming even stronger with the Sony acquisition.
I hope this helps put your concerns to rest".
Since Vegas, Sound Forge and ACID are the most versatile and cost-effective NLE tools, I think we shoud spread the word that these solutions will be available and even improved in the future.
I own a project studio in Brazil that is ALL SOFO Software based and I am going to purchase our third workstation also ALL SOFO Software based ;-)
Thanks,
Lawrence R. Shum
http://www.nucleodecriacao.com.br
I guess I have good news for everyone who enjoys SOFO software like me. I just received an e-mail from Joshua Dodge (Customer Relations Lead) that describes a quote from SOFO senior management regarding the acquisition from Sony Pictures of SOFO software:
"Both Buinevicius and Levy say Sony Pictures intends to migrate the development and product management teams behind the desktop software products to Sony Pictures following the acquisition, which they expect to complete in June 2003. Moreover, one interesting facet of the sale of this division of Madison, Wisconsin-based Sonic Foundry to Culver City, California-based is that Sony Pictures intends to "maintain the Madison operation," Levy says.
One concern raised among the Sonic Foundry faithful and other content creation pros immediately after news of the sale broke, in online forums such as the video-oriented creativecow.net and the audio-oriented velvetrope.com, was that the products would lose their identity, further development of the tools would be abandoned, and that tech support would diminish as well. Levy says the continuity of the development team and the Madison operation will bring continuity to the products. "I expect the products will retain their names," he says; Sony Pictures will continue to develop the products with migrated Sonic Foundry staff, and, according to Levy, "tech support will continue as it is."
http://www.emedialive.com/news/2003/0512_1.html
And Joshua commented:
"We feel very confident that our products will continue to strive forward and break boundaries, in fact becoming even stronger with the Sony acquisition.
I hope this helps put your concerns to rest".
Since Vegas, Sound Forge and ACID are the most versatile and cost-effective NLE tools, I think we shoud spread the word that these solutions will be available and even improved in the future.
I own a project studio in Brazil that is ALL SOFO Software based and I am going to purchase our third workstation also ALL SOFO Software based ;-)
Thanks,
Lawrence R. Shum
http://www.nucleodecriacao.com.br