Update: Hoist on my own petard! I will be handing in my English Majors of America membership card, as commenters point out that "wherefore" means "why," not "where." The headline should then have been "Wherefore art thou not shipping yet, Final Cut Server?" --MRA casual glance at the calendar shows that autumn has once again arrived for the Northern Hemisphere, and as the leaves begin to turn and the weather turns colder, it feels like something's missing. Kids back to school? Check. Days getting shorter? Check. Final Cut Server shipped? Uh...
Yes, the product formerly known as artbox (Apple acquired developer Proximity at the end of 2006) was supposed to be shipping to customers "this summer" according to the NAB announcement that eagle-eyed reader Alex pointed out to us. Ain't no summer no more, no how, so for those of us eagerly waiting for a Mac-friendly, fully integrated Final Cut DAM solution at a reasonable price, now begins the period of teeth-grinding frustration.
Is FCS suffering from Leoparditis? Is it just taking longer than expected to bring the artbox code up to Apple standards? Either way, if you're waiting for FCS or have found something else to take its spot, let us know.
Thanks Alex











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9-28-2007 @ 4:47PM
HS said...
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/09/23/final-cut-server-delayed/
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9-28-2007 @ 4:48PM
autoy said...
Nah, too many engineers/resources put into iPhone locking.
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9-28-2007 @ 5:17PM
kenneth christiansen said...
Yes, exactly like Danish "Hvorfor er du" - why are you - wherefore art thou. Hvor also means where in Danish, but hvorfor means why.
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9-28-2007 @ 5:49PM
Vid said...
Apple employees informed customers at the recent IBC show in Amsterdam, that the release date of Final Cut Server is pushed back to January 08
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9-28-2007 @ 5:54PM
navstar said...
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?
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9-28-2007 @ 5:59PM
clint Hime said...
how about in romeo and juliet, when juliet says wherefore art thou romeo? does that mean why art thou romeo?
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9-28-2007 @ 6:05PM
sith33 said...
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...
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9-28-2007 @ 6:42PM
Geoff said...
@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.
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9-28-2007 @ 7:08PM
Dr.Ed said...
My Apple education sales engineer pointed out that Apple maintains completely separate development teams for OS and Final Cut, so it's not a resource issue. He did, however, hint that Final Cut Server might depend on some things coming in 10.5.
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9-28-2007 @ 9:55PM
Alexis said...
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.
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9-28-2007 @ 11:00PM
Maynard Handley said...
(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"
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9-28-2007 @ 11:22PM
Michael Rose said...
#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.
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9-29-2007 @ 5:03AM
SteveH said...
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.
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9-30-2007 @ 12:28AM
comstar said...
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.
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10-01-2007 @ 10:24AM
TVGenius said...
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.
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10-06-2007 @ 2:16PM
Pedant said...
"Wherefore" means "why," not "where."
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