Basically, Pinnacle Systems merge the sound processing part to their video business......I guess --------------- Pinnacle Systems to buy Steinberg by Dennis Sellers, dsellers@maccentral.com December 19, 2002 4:15 pm ET Pinnacle Systems Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the stock of Steinberg Media Technologies. Steinberg specializes in digital audio software solutions for consumers and professionals, such as Cubase, which was recently updated with Mac OS X compatibility. The companies expect to close the transaction early next month and have agreed on a total purchase price of approximately US$24 million, consisting of $8.2 million in cash and $15.8 million of Pinnacle Systems common stock. At closing, Pinnacle Systems will acquire all products, software and intellectual property rights, along with all other assets and liabilities of the company. There's no word yet on what the acquisition will mean for the companies' various products.
Pinnacle要的應該是Steinberg的audio技術吧....Steinberg的Cubase現在佔有率還蠻高的。Apple不是也買下Emagic嗎？ 這些音樂軟體的大公司和電腦界的主流公司比起來都還只算是小朋友,被買下來會不會前途不明？？音樂軟體的世場對Pinnacle,Apple這種公司來說實在太小了。