Wherefore art thou, Final Cut Server?

This was the big announcement I was all jazzed up about at NAB. But it's still not here and I could really use some of the fetchers NOW for shows, promos and pods! Otherwise I need to wait for our very expensive solution for even the small things until next year.

Michael, whether it's "with" or "by" it certainly isn't "on". It's not confusing, it's just WRONG! Why don't you just admit that you made a mistake rather than pretend you already knew what petard means and then go on to quote Hamlet from a page on Wikipedia?

I don't understand why bloggers try to impress by using English that they obviously don't comprehend properly rather than impressing us with clear, concise reporting and technical knowledge. We come to blogs like TUAW and Ars Technica not to be wowed by clever-clever writing but because they are great sources for the latest news on Apple. Bloggers should remember that.

#12 -- Maynard, thanks for your comment. I did actually know what 'petard' means, and if you wanna get technical the line from Hamlet is "hoist WITH his own petar', not 'by' -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petard -- but I agree with you that my usage is possibly confusing.

(1) "Hoist on my own petard!"
Uhh, hoist BY your own petard. A petard is a type of bomb, ie hoist by your own petard is thrown into the air (hoist) by your own bomb. A petard is not a type of flagpole, which is what hoist ON my own petard would imply.

(2) "how about in romeo and juliet, when juliet says wherefore art thou romeo? does that mean why art thou romeo?"

That's exactly what it means. What sort of retard English teacher did you have in high school who didn't explain this?
The line in context is
"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet."
And it means basically "why are you named as you are, why are you a Capulet? Screw this surname bullshit"

The people who acquired what is now known as Final Cut Server had no QA people. Therefore, it's buggy. It'll come out. Hold your horses.

I thought they already had KCAL/KCBS up and running with FCServer though... or at least that's what the video led me to believe.

@clint Hime: yes, it does. Juliet is asking why he has to be Romeo, because if he were anyone else, there love would not be forbidden.

Judging by how unstable and flakey Proximity (the artbox product) was, I imagine they weren't quite expecting how long it would take to make it into a mass-market product. Similar situation for Color - when it was a Silicon Color's FinalTouch, it was great, but pretty unstable. Funny thing that when you take a $20,000 product and turn it into a $1000 product, people actually expect it to be MORE stable, not less...

how about in romeo and juliet, when juliet says wherefore art thou romeo? does that mean why art thou romeo?

Can someone explain what FCS is? I went to Apple and watched the video, but I just don't get what it does. Is it a XSan enabled media browser?