I thought it was obvious what "smartly" might mean here (smartly for some and "smartly" for others). This kind of smartness is unfortunately all too present in the business world. Ableton and its religiously devoted followers are all happy, followers that are happy anyway with anything. Some others might find this kind of practice not exactly fair and/or honest.fishmonkey wrote:"smartly"???rikhyray wrote:I dont think so. They smartly tested the market, realised the interest, readiness to part with cash is much higher then expected and acted accordingly (raising initially low prices). They have done it in as diplomatic way as the situation allowed. (Regarding error I believe in it as much as in St.Claus and Easter Bunny)agent314 wrote: Ableton fucked up with the pricing
you are usually a pretty level-headed guy. usually.
All that refreshing, the image, website, release event - some love , some others find ridiculous, pathetic or pitiful. The Push crew surely did good job, might be interesting product if it works as promised, but so was Dave Smiths & Linn`s Temptest and other prototypes that never got made.
Past 3 years erased my confidence in this company. The current jerky actions, hiring incompetent company for image, website re design, the update prices game enhance the negative impression. If Ableton was a band, old school record label A&R and executives would probably estimate them with "they do not know where they are going".
Ableton was software that I used for 90% of my work some years back, now it is perhaps 15%. I am too much of realist to dream that "they worked so hard all the 3 years that Ableton will rise like a phoenix from ver.8 ashes". What I see is more like a duck trying to take off after drowning in an oil spill.
Let the fans rejoice, Ableton get their cash, but for those unimpressed, no point in complaining, there no shortage of interesting alternatives.
), so I'm not sure if this has been discussed, but it is an interesting point.