--- Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> In July of 2001, this is what their marketing person
> wrote to me: "I think
> what we'd want to do is donate a few Finale's. You
> could have a contest to
> give them away, have them as "door prizes" or
> whatever you deem best. We
> also could give away some free Finale 2002 upgrades.
> I would VERY much like
> that as I am working on an article for the American
> Composers Forum in
> which I want to focus on how these composers use
> Finale."
>
> I accepted immediately, added the company to the
> list of sponsors. They
> never came through with anything, and ignored my
> followup emails. You can
> bet *that* gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling.
I wonder if the timing was an issue there. The
marketing department underwent some leadership changes
around that time, with some new hires, and I wonder if
this particular arrangement may have been lost in the
shuffle.
MakeMusic is doing a lot of things well in regards to
schools. NotePad has proved to be a great way to get
people interested in Finale, and in my experience
there isn't a lot of confusion with thinking that
NotePad's capabilities are representative of Finale
(but people DO associate the ease of use of NotePad
with Finale, which is great). And SmartMusic is a big,
big deal. Sure it isn't bringing in as much money as
Finale yet, but it has only been available in its
current packaging for about 2 years. And its growth in
the schools is insane. I will be very surprised if
SmartMusic doesn't pass Finale up in revenue in the
not-too-distant future. Teachers are discovering that
it really, really works, and school-sponsored home
subscriptions are taking off like crazy.
Tyler
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