Arbiter Group, the Steinberg UK distributor, said that there'll be an announcement from Steinberg tomorrow.
Nemco said:
but I'm hearing a lot of complaints from people who think Steinberg should just make SX2 flawless first, before releasing SX3... I guess they're right about that...
True enough, but unfortunately, economics play a major part in these decisions. The whole software industry is suffering because of software piracy (one of the major factors causing the NI 'Komplete' package to be offered) and many of the larger software houses are suffering.
I can't vouch for Steinberg's financial position, but I do know that a major version release prompts more sales and hence, gives the cash injection the company needs to fund a return on the shareholders R & D investments. Maintenance or minor upgrades on the other (which are usually free) 'cost' the companies because their developers are no longer working on 'fee-earning' code.
Whilst software piracy is an accepted problem, if you haven't paid for yours, you can't really complain about it, since you are *part* of that problem. If, on the other hand, you *have* bought your copy, you'll have access to tech support and patches or work-arounds can be issued.
In this day and age, given the increasing, almost organic, complexity of some software, it’s naive to assume that it’s perfect & bug free as there’s just no way, everything can be thoroughly tested. The benchmark these days is becoming ‘fit for purpose’, which although sad, ensures that the bills are paid and everyone can eat. But it does mean that it can be defended in a court of law. Oh my, how did we know that was coming :sad:
Purusha said:
Never really had problems with bugs I couldn't work around meself.
Exactly - Necessity is the Mother of invention
If anyone wants to speak some more about software quality issues, please feel free to pm me & I can bore your tits off for weeks about it, seriously. :P