Don Haines said:AlanF said:Canon should buy DxO PhotoLab, incorporate it into DPP and have software that is far superior to any other company's.
Now there is a good idea!!!!!
As long as Canon doesn't raise the price for DPP.
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Don Haines said:AlanF said:Canon should buy DxO PhotoLab, incorporate it into DPP and have software that is far superior to any other company's.
Now there is a good idea!!!!!
Don Haines said:AlanF said:Canon should buy DxO PhotoLab, incorporate it into DPP and have software that is far superior to any other company's.
Now there is a good idea!!!!!
Click said:Don Haines said:AlanF said:Canon should buy DxO PhotoLab, incorporate it into DPP and have software that is far superior to any other company's.
Now there is a good idea!!!!!
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I would like them to do so, but I don't know that the cost-benefit would work out for them.AlanF said:Canon should buy DxO PhotoLab, incorporate it into DPP and have software that is far superior to any other company's.
AlanF said:Canon should buy DxO PhotoLab, incorporate it into DPP and have software that is far superior to any other company's.
mppix said:Talys said:Chaitanya said:Not a good sign that Lightroom might be missing another competitor(Apple killed of its Aperture) which might mean Adobe will slack off even more and be more appaling.
In my opinion, Adobe is like Canon in that it simply moves at its own pace, mindful of the competition, but just doing its own thing both in pricing and featureset.
Personally, I have been happy with Adobe's recent direction and their Lightroom product. The $10/month PS/LR is a deal and a half for me as I have a few PCs that I want to use both on.
Like Canon, Adobe pretty much owns their market and play from a position of strength. In the long run, i don't see any paid software as meaningful competition. Lightroom is simply everywhere but open-source solutions such as Darktable or RAWtherapee may improve sufficiently to merit serious consideration.
Valvebounce said:Hi Alan.
If Canon buy DxO do they limit it to Canon cameras, or do they then support all cameras with DPP?
Isn’t DPP superior to some if not all of the other camera manufacturer’s offerings already? And it is free!
What if Nikon or Sony buy DxO and limit it to their cameras, how do we all feel then?
Are we sure DxO Labs is up for sale, or is this speculation based on them being in whatever this French situation is equivalent to bearing in mind we have had some information that it is not actually ‘receivership’ as such?
Cheers, Graham.
AlanF said:Canon should buy DxO PhotoLab, incorporate it into DPP and have software that is far superior to any other company's.
RGF said:AvTvM said:YES, i am 100% callous vs. companies like flickr. F' them all! I loved my ass off when Kodak went down. When Nokia went down. Will rejoice when Adobe finally swims goes belly-up. And maybe I will even live to see stupid Canon go down. Will love laugh very hard then.
From the bottom of my heart.
;D 8)
I guess you have never been part of a company that went belly up. Having been through this once (which is more than enough for a person), it is gut wrenching. Destroys your world, at least for a while.
Mt Spokane Photography said:Depending on the country and the laws, employees can lose retirement plans, their job, of course, their medical insurance, and all that goes with those losses. Their families suffer as well. Its not a pretty thought.
Djaaf said:Mt Spokane Photography said:Depending on the country and the laws, employees can lose retirement plans, their job, of course, their medical insurance, and all that goes with those losses. Their families suffer as well. Its not a pretty thought.
Well... They're a french company, so retirement plans and medical insurance are covered by the State. Unemployment benefits is decent when fired because the company failed. It's not ideal, and it's difficult (benefits are set at around 60% of last salary for up to two years or something like that) but it should be survivable for most of the employees (admin staff over 50 may have a rough time ahead though).
After that,for the moment, they have been put under judicial administration. A judge will look at the company and decide if it's salvageable. If it is, he'll help them restructure their debts,etc... If it's not, he will put the company's asset in an auction to reimburse the creditors. We'll know in a few months.
So you don't care for, e.g., sigma lens corrections?AlanF said:Buy it, restrict it to Canon only and provide for free.
Mt Spokane Photography said:It becomes a strong company because they have income and no debts, except likely money owed to maintain pensions.
snoke said:Mt Spokane Photography said:It becomes a strong company because they have income and no debts, except likely money owed to maintain pensions.
Only USA have pension like this. Europe has government pension.
Mt Spokane Photography said:The French do have lots of Social protection for Employees, there have been suggestions to reduce it, but those are extremely unpopular. Of course, the Government does not print money to provide it, it comes from taxes on businesses. That makes it difficult for them to compete, and then they need Government support or they fail. I doubt that DXO was or will get Government support.
DxOMark Image Labs said:Hi,
I am writing to you on behalf of DxOMark Image Labs. Posting a clarification here about our company in view of recent events.
DxOMark Image Labs was spun off from DxO Labs in September 2017. It has been ever since a privately-owned, 100% independent company with a new CEO. We have no links with DxO Labs in terms of ownership anymore. Therefore, the current judicial proceedings with DxO Labs have no impact on our activities including the image quality benchmark DxOMark.
Sincerely,
The DxOMark Image Labs team
Pure Photo N.I said:Wonder if this means that Nik will dissapear
Mt Spokane Photography said:DXOMark is not something that consumers purchase, and is not of great value to most of us.