Because professional accounting doesn't work that way. They would still have to pay for the upgrade, and if that money isn't spent right now, they lose it. They can't allocate it for upgrade copies without spending it.Dimwit wrote:I don't understand Headquest
Why can't you tell your boss something like "well Mackie says T2 will be out in March, meanwhile we can get T1 for the students and then upgrade"
Besides which, what if Mackie faces unforseen difficulties and it's not out in March? Classes start and students don't have proper equipment. Headquest has already said that T1 is insufficient for their needs. Meanwhile, even the big companies like Microsoft have repeatedly pushed back release dates on major products.
Ever heard the term "vaporware?" Advertising and a website aren't proof of anything. Companies will promise you the moon if they think it'll boost sales. I'm not saying I don't trust Jules to deliver -- I do. But I'm already a satisfied customer and other folks don't have the customer experience that we have. Trust almost always has to be earned.Dimwit wrote:How can you boss not think the product exists? Have you shown him the website? Maybe you can pick up the EQ magazine or the Computer Music magazine and show him.
Besides which, you can't evaluate a piece of software until you get it in your hands, and that surely needs to be done in headquest's case. He's said before that T1 isn't cutting it for his department, and that T2 is expected to be more suited to their needs, but until it arrives they won't know for sure.
No, but we can accuse Mackie of making things damned inconvenient. More importantly, we can accuse them of botching their marketing big time. Any good marketer knows that word of mouth is the best advertising. But it's hard to hype a currently unavailable product. To do it, you need concrete information, which we don't have:Dimwit wrote:You keep acting like Mackie screwed you over or something. Last time I checked it is still March so we can't accuse Mackie of lying to us.
Boss: "We need to spend our budget money by March 19th or we lose it."
Employee: "Tracktion 2 is due out in early March. The interface is the easiest to use on the market, and it's being distributed by Mackie, who has an excellent reputation in the market for quality products."
Boss: "Great! I'm sold. But when exactly is early March?"
Employee: "Uh... they won't say."
Boss: "So we can't be sure if it'll be out in time to evaluate and deploy?"
Employee: "Well, yeah."
Boss: "Go buy the new Cubase, then."
Mackie didn't promise us anything. That's sort of the problem. It's understandable that they want to play their hand close to the vest, but their lack of forthcoming information is forcing people like headquest and myself to make time-sensitive purchasing decisions for which T2 is not yet an option. In headquest's case, it will cost Mackie a few licenses and well-placed exposure to possible future buyers. Maybe not an outstanding loss, but a loss nonetheless.Dimwit wrote:You know, Mackie didn't promise us a rosegarden.
Nothing is owed to us. T2 could have very well not ever been created.
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