Apple Puts Legacy Final Cut Studio Back on Sale

http://www.macrumors.com/2011/09/01/apple-puts-legacy-final-cut-pro-studio-back- on-sale/

IMHO, this whole debacle was the result of political maneuvering by a pack of arrogant but inexperienced marketing types who've become enchanted with (what they see as) their successes in the "iToy" arena where there is little precedent and virtually no competition for their products. Jake and Elwood could have marketed those products with the same results... 
Thank goodness there are still a few Computer Professionals left at Apple who understand how  they arrived at this point in their history: solid products and great customer support. I suspect that a couple of them pointed out that while swell new products might bring new customers, keeping existing customers (in this case, some 2 million FCP users) would be critical to long-term stability.
I saw the same kind of idiocy at Intel back in the Glory Days (late 70s - early 80s) when some divisions were virtually unopposed in the marketplace and the trend of the day was to hire MBAs, frequently with no technical expertise.  I expect that a whole lot of business school profs are taking notes on this one...

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    Just saw this at this link ...
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    I will be staying with FCP X, but thought many would like to know this news.

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