Second, we did get a sort of pre-release tidbit that 2004 would be available "sometime around September" if I recall correctly.
Third, while recently both Win and Mac versions have been released fairly concurrently, there was a while that the Mac release lagged a couple of months behind the Win version, and previously to that the Win version lagged behind the Mac version. So this might again be one of those instances where the Mac version release might lag behind the Win release, which is expected around September.
Fourth, if we start believing sales representatives we're all doomed.
I wouldn't panic until the real facts are in -- in any event it won't help speed things up and it will just give you an ulcer.
I certainly hope (for the health of the company) that Coda (or MakeMusic or Net4Music or whatever the latest name is) doesn't drop the ball on this one -- if they don't keep their promise to bring out an OSX version that really works this time, many more Finale users will simply jump ship to Sibelius (don't do it, don't do it, don't do it!) in order to have notation that will work on their machines without having to jump through hoops (Sibelius has its own set of hoops so you will NOT be particularly satisfied -- yes I use Sibelius and am speaking from experience).
Let's hope that the marketing department hasn't been the tail that wagged the dog on this release and forced the poor developpers to implement worthless features when they would rather be improving the core code and perfecting the OSX version.
But only time will tell (and let's hope it's a good story it tells this time, unlike the worthless 2003 Mac release!)
William Roberts wrote:
Hello fellow listers,
I was speaking to a colleague of mine in another school the other day, and he told me two little snippets that have me a bit worried!
Firstly, he said that one of Coda's dealers had to pull Finale from their stand at an upcoming trade show because they only had new Macs on the stand running OS X. Now it sounds to me like this is entirely reasonable: if Coda haven't yet announced Finale 2004, then why would they show it at some trade show ahead of the announcement? But my colleague reckoned that the dealer said this was because Coda simply didn't have an OS X version ready (which is true, if 2004 isn't due out yet!). This doesn't sound like anything to worry about to me.
Secondly, though, he said that he'd called the Coda support line, and they'd told him that they had no idea when the OS X version would be coming out, and that it would probably be next year! Is this standard subterfuge from the company reps, trying to sustain upgrade sales of Finale 2003 as long as possible, or is there really a problem?
This worries me a little more than the trade show thing. Coda have made plenty of statements that Finale 2004 will definitely be Mac OS X native, including in their latest earnings press release and in their knowledge base... but could they really have hit a major bump in the road?
I'm hoping the 2004 upgrade will make using Finale a bit more pleasurable on my Mac. Despite Darcy assuring me that it ought to run fine on my machine in OS 9, it crawls on my G4 400Mhz and I don't know why!
Best,
-WR
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