http://4henry.gibson.com/...96a018e9be528069c01b40

Very cool... Gibson's CEO has his own area on their forum where you can talk directly with him. Would be cool if all companies had this on their forums.

I realized that I probably should not have posted this here, but, I had a reason.  I've read a lot of posts where folks wish they had better exposure into what's going on with Cakewalk, from reported defects to feature requests to the direction the company is taking with the VS-Studio line.  Seems like it would be really nice if some of the high up's would take the time to come here and talk to the customers.

If Cakewalk were a tiny company, maybe, but I prefer that whoever is CEO at Cakewalk spend his/her time worrying about more important things than details.

AndI seriously doubt you'll find anyone at Cakewalk willing to talk about employee layoffs :-)

Well.. Yeah I doubt that they would come here and talk about layoffs... It was just an example of things that have happen since I've become a member.  Gibson is no small company.  Also, I doubt that the Gibson CEO spends his entire day on the forum. It's probabaly a once in a while type thing. 

The point is, I like the open communication style where you have access to ask questions directly and hear it directly from upper management.  

Paul P


If Cakewalk were a tiny company, maybe, but I prefer that whoever is CEO at Cakewalk spend his/her time worrying about more important things than details.

AndI seriously doubt you'll find anyone at Cakewalk willing to talk about employee layoffs :-)

Cakewalk is a very tiny company.  I certainly hope the CEO is worrying about details.   Even if Cakewalk were a large company, the CEO not worrying about detail is where  you get corporate disconnect and an unresponsive company.

vintagevibe : "Cakewalk is a tiny company."

Ok, I really have no idea. I would have thought maybe 50-100 employees.
I was thinking more along the lines of boutique type operation where the CEO is also the one doing most of the work :-)

It looks like Henry's idea fizzled out after only a few months.

Paul P


vintagevibe : "Cakewalk is a tiny company."

Ok, I really have no idea. I would have thought maybe 50-100 employees.
I was thinking more along the lines of boutique type operation where the CEO is also the one doing most of the work :-)

It looks like Henry's idea fizzled out after only a few months.

Gibson is pretty big so I'm not surprised that they had a hard time keeping up with emails to the CEO.   I'm thinking that Cakewalk is about 50 49 employees but actually it's hard to know how things work since Roland bought them.

I would think Cakewalk is larger than that, between sales, engineering, managment, quality control and support. I could be wrong. Maybe a lot of that is rolled up into Roland, but even then, between Roland and Cakewalk I would guess a lot more than 50 or so.

According to LinkedIn, Cakewalk employs 51-200 people.

The point is, I like the open communication style where you have access to ask questions directly and hear it directly from upper management.  

Most all public traded companies provide a question and answer period during the quarterly earnings-results conference call. Buy some stock and get invited. You’ll need a translator. :-)


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