Emagic Aquired By Apple !, Apple bought it all... Options

[lepetitmartien]

Apple Acquires Emagic

CUPERTINO, California and HAMBURG, Germany—July 1, 2002—Apple® today announced it has acquired Emagic, a leading provider of professional software solutions for computer based music production. Emagic’s most popular product, Logic, is actively used by over 200,000 musicians around the world. Emagic will operate as a wholly owned division of Apple.

“Emagic has set the industry standard for professional music creation and production,” said Sina Tamaddon, Apple’s senior vice president of Applications. “We’re very excited to have the Emagic team join Apple and create more amazing products for musicians.”

Macintosh®-based products account for over 65 percent of Emagic’s current revenues. Emagic’s Windows-based product offerings will be discontinued on September 30, 2002.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Apple is committed to bringing the best personal computing experience to students, educators, creative professionals and consumers around the world through its innovative hardware, software and Internet offerings.

This press release contains certain “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from the expectations contained herein. The forward-looking statements contained herein include statements about the consummation of the transaction with Emagic and benefits of the pending transaction with Emagic. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described herein include the inability to obtain regulatory approvals and the inability to successfully integrate the Emagic business. Apple Computer is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Sign of comitment (IMHO) or stupid inelegant move?

Note: I'm a DP user

[filarion]

mmh, you should get your pal to start fitting silent fans into macs on a regular basis :) I heard that the "turbo-fan" on those new powermacs sounds like a vacuum cleaner.

Overall you're right of course, but hey, we're mac users, of course we are. ;)

as for Logic.. yeah, 5.3 on os9 still has way better performance here than 5.4 on 10.2.2 - but (and that's a big one), I actually started my new project on osx and except for some akai converting on the pc I haven't needed anything else so far. so yes, osx is maturing.. now if only I could get Waves au components. :)