Comments on: NAMM: Roland Acquires Majority of Cakewalk, Promises Joint Products in 2008

By: delamar.de

delamar.de — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:04:37 +0000

Die Partnerschaft von Roland und Cakewalk…

So ganz taufrisch ist diese Nachricht nicht gerade, wurde doch die Partnerschaft zwischen Roland und Cakewalk bereits auf der NAMM bekanntgegeben. Wenn man es ganz genau nehmen will, dann hat Hardware-Hersteller Roland einen großen Teil von Cak…

By: T Scott

T Scott — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:11:58 +0000

Of course, the worst example of this is “Opcode by Gibson” where Gibson basically took the company out and shot it after buying it.
Some nice business strategizin’ there, Lou.
I don’t think Roland is that clueless. They (partly? mostly?) took over Edirol which seems to maintain its own independent flavor…

By: Adrian Anders

Adrian Anders — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:37:27 +0000

As long as they let Cakewalk do its thing with innovation, reasonable pricing, user-friendly copy protection, and continued support for WinXP I’m cool with them being owned by Roland. Let’s just hope they don’t pull a Sony with Cakewalk (people who remember Sonic Foundry will know what I’m talking about).

By: dead_red_eyes

dead_red_eyes — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:55:58 +0000

Since Roland is now their majority stock holder, Calkwalk is now it’s bitch.

By: Peter Kirn

Peter Kirn — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 17:28:35 +0000

@Jonas: I haven’t seen numbers, but majority stake means more then 50% ownership… so it’s more than 50%, less than 100%. Greater than 50% ownership gives you control, so that’s the magic threshold. In other words, Cakewalk isn’t a division of Roland, but it is now accurate to say that Roland owns a “controlling” stake in Cakewalk.

By: Jonas

Jonas — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:40:17 +0000

Can you define “majority stake”?