Over and Over for every application since pretty much software existed... not just Cubase. There was a version of a database product that my company purchased back in the mid 80s that shipped an empty box because they hadn't finished the code yet. The cost per seat of that application would floor you. The annual maintenance cost would floor you. And they delivered a box. Oh, that didn't stop them from cashing the check.hibidy wrote:I can totally relate to someone calling a first release a paid beta. I'm older than dirt, I've seen it over and over.
I worked with a Japanese distributor in the early 90's where you had to pay up front for production line time. But they always under produced and would short ship you. So, you had to order about 30% extra just to get what you needed ... of course you had to PAY for the 30% extra, and getting it back was no small feat. And they wouldn't apply it to your next purchase. They owned the lines, they had us by the short and curly's.
Just saying the the petty generic ranting has zero effect. If they did, Avid wouldn't be in the position they are now. Ask yourself how the "industry standard" can't make money? I mean they are the standard right? The way money pressures work on businesses is so entirely different than how it is expressed on this forum that is often hard to even understand where some people are coming from.