Re: Xara acquired by MAGIX
Wow - my congratulations for a great deal, Charles!
I think, this is the right way to bring Xara Xtreme into Media Markt or other retail stores.
Kudos to you!
:) Remi
Re: Xara acquired by MAGIX
Global marketing can make Xara products a house hold name :)
Will this affect the open source project?
Re: Xara acquired by MAGIX
Straight from the horse's mouth.
Thank you for taking time out to inform us.
'Tis good that MAGIX has no competing products and that its existing products, like Xara's, are competitively priced.
I hope this works as intended and further development becomes even more efficient.
Re: Xara acquired by MAGIX
Charles, I really hope you're right, but I feel like I've just lost my best friend.
Allison
Re: Xara acquired by MAGIX
I hope this will not slow up the distribution of the CD. I too feel like I have lost an old friend, proud of the fact the company was British . Time will tell how good the change will be.
Re: Xara acquired by MAGIX
A big sighhhhh.
My two favorite pieces of software Xara and SketchUp have passed ownership within the last year or so. I respect Charles' judgement/business sense so I leave it to him and pray (a term I don't often use) that Xara software will be better off a year from now than what it is today.
That said, Charles I hope this will eventually mean a new bitmap editing program that is Xara-like in easy-of-use, code-effeciently, speed, unique approach, and implimentation.
>> And same question as Bill Taylor, "Will this affect the Open Source Project?"
>> Fur unser Deutsches freunden, kennen sie Magix? Can you tell us of your experiences with their software?
Re: Xara acquired by MAGIX
Charles,
Firstly congratulations to yourself (and Kate) on a personal level. You have invested many years of contribution to this software and deserve the rewards.
On a users perspective I must admit to a far greater trepidation. As a user of Computer Concepts software for many years, I am a "dyed in the wool" Xara fanatic. I've followed the program into Windows (from RiscOS) and the disasterous liaison and subsequent 'divorce' from Corel.
I've also been frustrated by the lack of further developmemt in recent years only to have been encouraged by the change of pace within the past twelve months.
However life is all about change and I wish the new company well in it's endevours. It is adopting a very loyal user base and I hope it appreciates this and want's to develop it further.
Could you possibly give a link to MAGIX site so we can be sure which company we're dealing with.
All the staff at Xara should also be mentioned. I hope each and everyone of you find satisfaction and contentment with your new employers.
To quote Allison:
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Charles, I really hope you're right, but I feel like I've just lost my best friend.
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Charles, I really hope you're right, but I feel like I've just lost my best friend.
Allison
I wouldnīt express myself better... Thatīs exactly what i feel...
This type of news always scares me. First was Adobe buying Macromedia. Iīm still praying for Fireworks (fortunately seems they will keep it :) and now Xara.... sigh ...iīm still shocked!!!
Seems thereīs nothing more to be bought in my fav software list by software giants.
I hope this is for the best and that Charles and all original Xara team keep working/developing Xtreme because thatīs the group of people that has made Xtreme the tool it is today: the best vector graphics program around.
Congrats to all
PS: Egg, the company is Magix AG. http://www.magix.com/
They were known mostly by their music creation software, specially Magix Music Maker. In recent years they have expanded their software portfolio to imaging and video products. I still have my old Magix Music Maker laying around but I hav'nt touch it in years.
Miguel B.
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Egg the link to samplitude.com is the professional audio division of Magix.
And of course http://www.magix.com takes you to their home page.