Is this a joke?

Question

Is this a total dead end?

Answer 1

I, too, am totally disappointed in Apple's radical departure from the format of Final Cut Pro 7. I use multiclipping in almost all the videos I shoot, and without this capability, which Final Cut X lacks, I have no interest in the new format. Before Apple unilaterally goes in a totally new direction in application development, one would think that they would have the consideration to make an effort  to solicit the collective opinions of people in the trenches who use a particular program before redesigning it. How many tracks of video and audio will the new program support? How many third party applications will it support? Was there a collective cacophony of discontent among users regarding the shortcomings of Final Cut Pro 7? Apple has the money and the expertise necessary to support the development of both Final Cut Pro formats. I hope they don't permanently inter the old version of Final Cut Pro into the Apple burial ground of once remarkably great applications. Does anyone remember what a fine suite Appleworks (Clarisworks) was? The old aphorism of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" rings resonant in my mind. Aristotle once wrote that "life should be a changing stability and a stabilized change." I think Apple should take this bit of wisdom and extrapolate its significance into the realm of application development. I hope others who are as disgruntled as me voice their discontent to Apple regarding the aforementioned. We don't need an IMovie 11 on steroids. This whole debacle is reminiscent of Apple's radical departure from IMovie 6, which, if I recall correctly, was not well received. I have spent considerable time, money, and effort on mastering the old version of Final Cut Pro. To simply declare it dead as an Apple representative said to me on the phone when I called on this matter is unconscionable. Shame on you, Apple!
Tom Moeller