Tobias Giesen wrote:
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The only problem would be when they cease to exist. But even then, you must be aware that there are some very nice people behind this. MakeMusic employees are Finale users, just like you and me. I'm sure these people will make Finale survive, including older versions.
They don't own the code, though, the corporation owns it. And the parent corporation (is it Wenger or was that just a rumor from bygone years) owns it ultimately, as a corporate asset.
So if for any reason they decide to stop producing Finale, it will not be legal for former employees (or current employees) to continue to make Finale survive, unless they can get a legal license. And if the current owners of the code decide they want to take it off the market (for whatever reason) or they are forced to take it off the market through bankruptcy proceedings, what happened to Encore could happen to Finale, only the installation codes will very likely get lost in the shuffle and not only won't there be any future upgrades for many years, reinstalling Finale 2004 on new machines might not be possible.
Only time will tell (and I certainly hope that I'm wrong!)
-- David H. Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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