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<blockquote data-quote="Arik Semagin" data-source="post: 115024" data-attributes="member: 5072">Re: New Midas M32 ConsoleThanks for analytical reply, I agree and disagree with many of your points, just a few cents:1. Apple was sued and is suing many others over patent infringements, it&#039;s ongoing here in Silicon Valley (the loudest one was Apple vs. Samsung, we won).2. Buying other companies with good ideas but no guts to implement them properly is usual thing too, Apple does it almost daily (the so-called &quot;bolt-on acquisitions&quot;). It&#039;s normal business practice too. We bought eMagic years ago and turned it into Logic and Garage Band -- same thing, someone&#039;s good idea but properly implemented, like most of Apple stuff.3. MIDAS was in decline on its own, their first digital desk, XL8 and Pro 3/6/9 came when it was acquired by BOSCH Communications. Pro 1/2/2c/ came after Behringer bought it from BOSCH. So if it&#039;s &quot;changing everything company was known for&quot;, then it was change for good.4. I agree that Uli Behringer is not on the same scale as Henry Ford or even our Steve Jobs, but our world of pro audio is small too. (MIDAS has 100-something employees, Apple has 77,000, Ford, GM and others into 100,000s, WalMart has close to half a million. There&#039;s thousands of times less customers out there who buy pro audio products, especially digital consoles). In our small world Uli is no less revolutionary than Ford or Steve Jobs. And the results speaks for themselves.Once again, I respect your opinion, just my 2c on some of your statements.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Arik Semagin, post: 115024, member: 5072"] Re: New Midas M32 Console Thanks for analytical reply, I agree and disagree with many of your points, just a few cents: 1. Apple was sued and is suing many others over patent infringements, it's ongoing here in Silicon Valley (the loudest one was Apple vs. Samsung, we won). 2. Buying other companies with good ideas but no guts to implement them properly is usual thing too, Apple does it almost daily (the so-called "bolt-on acquisitions"). It's normal business practice too. We bought eMagic years ago and turned it into Logic and Garage Band -- same thing, someone's good idea but properly implemented, like most of Apple stuff. 3. MIDAS was in decline on its own, their first digital desk, XL8 and Pro 3/6/9 came when it was acquired by BOSCH Communications. Pro 1/2/2c/ came after Behringer bought it from BOSCH. So if it's "changing everything company was known for", then it was change for good. 4. I agree that Uli Behringer is not on the same scale as Henry Ford or even our Steve Jobs, but our world of pro audio is small too. (MIDAS has 100-something employees, Apple has 77,000, Ford, GM and others into 100,000s, WalMart has close to half a million. There's thousands of times less customers out there who buy pro audio products, especially digital consoles). In our small world Uli is no less revolutionary than Ford or Steve Jobs. And the results speaks for themselves. Once again, I respect your opinion, just my 2c on some of your statements. [/QUOTE]

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