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industry implies economic activity, so revenue is a really good metric for that. is it perfectly accurate? no, but it is a better metric than your anecdote th
by andyakb 14y ago
industry implies economic activity, so revenue is a really good metric for that. is it perfectly accurate? no, but it is a better metric than your anecdote that none of the software you used while growing up was german.
- bane 14y agoI don't really disagree with your point exactly. But something I've noticed with lots of the European software I've come across is that the makers are phenomenally bad at monetizing their work. Renoise is a great example, an extremely mature, very complex piece of studio ready software that you'd expect would run for industry standard prices of at least $500 per license, but runs for something more like $80. Protools by way of comparison runs about $800-1000 depending on the package (the version upgrade to 10 runs $300-400). As a consumer I'm very glad that Renoise is only $80, but I can't help but wonder if they might be taken more seriously in the pro-music industry if they just sold the same product for $500, and they might make a great deal more money.