Comments on: Corel, Sony team up on video production tools

The two companies will co-market video and digital imaging software bundles for consumers and production pros.

[Earl Benser]

Nice idea, but....

.... I think that they are a little late. First of all, trying to compete
with the capabilities of the Apple suite, ie., FCP Pro etc., sets the
performance bar very high. Second, Macromedia still has
Director, and Adobe is trying to push Premiere, and Avid is out
there somewhere. Sony and Corel are going to have to pull off a
small miracle here to get a competitive product. They will have
an advantage because I doubt that they would try to write a Mac
program ( no skill/experience and an overwhelming
performance hurdle ), so that means they can concentrate on
coming up with something for the PC. That only leaves Adobe,
Macromedia, Avid, and a few others to beat.

It will be interesting, to say the least.

[skeptik]

disagree...

Yes there is a lot of competion, but it's all about niches. Avid and Premiere are much more expensive. Mac is obviously Mac centric and most users are PC people.
I have and use Vegas and for the $129 or even $199 it blows away all the wanna-bes like Pinnacle and Roxio.
I view this an attactive offer and a good niche for those who are tired of limitations from entry level programs but not ready to spend $600 on software alone.