John Paines wrote:Andrew, I think you overvalue your influence with the company.... Just joking, of course.
And no, I'm not claiming that a $137 decklink card pays, on its own, for Resolve department. But, in case anyone didn't notice, BMD is a hardware company. And it gives software away for free. How do you suppose it manages to do that?
It costs quite a lot to keep Resolve running, so definitely not by selling few cards (sole Resolve buyers) at small cost for sure. Money is not the problem here because many people said they are happy to pay (eg. as an optional feature). I don't think that whole argument that BM needs to sell (so few) Decklink cards to pay for Resolve development is actually valid at all. Overall hardware sales maybe yes, but not really those Resolve related ( I assume they are tiny % of all sales).
Most Resolve users don't use/want/need Decklink preview. Those who do will be most likely happy for paid optional feature, so I don't really see where is the problem