"So who knows anymore?"

Outside of SCS, except for a couple of releases which coincided with NAB, no one has ever actually known when a new version was to be released.

This is normal. You can take my word that most companies keep their release dates to only a select group of people. The same is true for what features you might find in the new version. Competition is the single biggest reason for this.

This was a frequent topic on the Avid Liquid webboards. Inevitably there were people who would say, "Why can't they just tell us when it's going to be released?" Or, "What's the big deal about sharing the new features?"

Competition is the single biggest reason for this.

Another is Sarbanes-Oxley. Companies have to be very careful about announce dates and also announcing features so as not to be in conflict with the law. Given that the CEO will be held personally responsible for law-breaking, he is kinda careful in most cases.

I'd guess November 11th---but only because that's my 50th birthday and I figure the guys at Sony really want to make it a special day for me. I'm also expecting some kind of dedication.

If they do VP9, I'm guessing it'll be during IBC, if they don't, it'll likely just be the 64bit version of Vegas (IMO), but IBC is when they seem to like it to happen, and I think there was a comment about 64bit in September back when "TheFullHD.com" site came online for the NAB Sony Party, but that got pulled pretty fast when I mentioned it on here, so I'm guessing that doesn't exactly mean anything... or maybe it does?

Dave

Let's see... I upgraded to V7 in September 2006, V8 in September 2007... There MUST be a pattern in there somewhere.Can't quite pin it down.

Could be, but I would be willing to bet that Sir Howard Stringer has never heard Vegas Pro, and possibly has never heard of Sony Creative Software.

I'd be happy to take that bet, since there was an article where he HAD heard of it, and liked it from what I read.

how much you wanna bet? :)

Dave

p@masters said:

I believe someone here said before that it was supposed to be September but then again, Vegas 8c was supposed to be June. So who knows anymore?


Quite incorrect in your statement there friend, they said that DVDA5 would come out in June and that 8.0c would be later in the fall along with the 64bit version of Vegas.

I know there were a lot of people who mixed this information up, so just to set the record straight, that's what I heard over and over again while I was at NAB.

Dave

Which would you consider worse - they don't announce a release date or they do release a date and them come out late?
I would rather they get it right the first time and not rush it.

Lynn

shouldnt they get 8 working 100 percent first?

"shouldnt they get 8 working 100 percent first? "

YES.

I'll second this Bob.

/Ulf

shouldnt they get 8 working 100 percent first?

No.

Only the very most basic software ever works 100% correctly.

"Only the very most basic software ever works 100% correctly." then only when used correctly. ;-)

My .02 cents: Programmers work with chains of logic, ordinary people work with chains of illogic. Example: Programmers design an aplication that opens with a single click and sometimes ordinary people will double click raising all kinds of mischief. Programmer now has to re-program the application to only open on a single click and disregard any additional clicks. He forgot what happens with the full hand push on a keyboard by another human who doesn't follow his logic.
When Bell Labs introduced Unix I assumed that this kind of nonsense was allowed for as they always had the double backup designed into their equipment. (I replaced an unmarked transistor manufactured by Western Electric in their E2B units (1960's) and had a gain of 36 db then reversed leads of the transistor installation (installed it backwards) and had a gain of 32 db. ) I was impressed with those ambidextrious transistors. So I assumed their software was designed the same way. Maybe that's why Steve adoped the MAC to this old, outdated software that actually works.
JJK

Let's see... I upgraded to V7 in September 2006, V8 in September 2007... There MUST be a pattern in there somewhere.Can't quite pin it down.

Yes, but V6 was April 2005 and V5 was April 2004. What does that do to your pattern?

> Yes, but V6 was April 2005 and V5 was April 2004. What does that do to your pattern?

[with hand up] Ooo... oooo.. pick me... pick me... I just love these problems on the SAT tests... complete the pattern... let's see...

Q. Given the sequence [April 2004, April 2005, September 2006, September 2007] what is the next date in the sequence (explain your answer)

A. February 2009 because the sequence is 12 months apart, followed by 17 months apart, followed by 12 months apart; so the next date in sequence would be 17 months later.

What do I win??? :-D

~jr

I'm sorry... you didn't factor Vegas 4 and Vegas 3 into the equation...

A NEW CAR!

"What does that do to your pattern?"

Well, uhm, er... pretty much blows my theory, doesn't it?