Gibson buys Mesa/Boogie Amplifier company

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Re: Gibson buys Mesa/Boogie Amplifier company

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Gravity Jim wrote:The common idea that Gibson "killed" Opcode is a bit muddled. Opcode was near death when Gibson bought it at a fire-sale price. Opcode would have died months earlier without the infusion of cash Gibson provided, but it was too little and way too late.
I still don’t get this either, because I had StudioVision Pro and was sorely tempted to switch over. The subsequences feature was amazing and it was coded efficiently. It ran like a bat out of hell. Terrible shame.
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Re: Gibson buys Mesa/Boogie Amplifier company

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It might be unfair to blame Gibson for the failure of Opcode. But you have to wonder about the business management skills of two companies with superb products that go bankrupt.
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