Hello there, please keep in mind that Coda does offer great things in order to appease their critics:
- they allow two installations and make them definitely legal and approved! That's pretty cool I think, and fairly unique. Both installations are fully functional. - second platform disk for just $50 which enabled you to have your legal second installation on the other platform (Mac / Windows). This offer is a side effect of the software activation policy. They want everybody to benefit from the 2 legal installations, so they make it cheaper for cross-platform users than before - they allow 30 days before you need to activate Finale. Compare this to the 5 days or so with Sibelius (at least that's what it was when I tried it). So, if there are any problems at all, you have ample time to clear the matter up with Coda. The worst case discussed here is pretty unlikely: - if Coda is bought, no matter by whom, the buyer has totally clear and definite legal obligation to continue issuing activation codes - if Coda goes bankrupt and there is no legal successor, somebody is still going to "own" the Finale source code. And I do believe that the commitment of Finale developers is so strong that they will continue have some say and not just leave, even if they're asked to. - if Finale really becomes unusable, we will find a way!! Trust me ... Cheers, Tobias _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
