On 22 Mar 2005 at 22:52, Noel Stoutenburg wrote:

> If one uses ~.etf as the primary storage format for Finale data files,
> one will not lose access to the data in the files. . ..

How successful is the import of ETF files in these other programs? 
How usable are the programs themselves? Do they lack capabilities 
that Finale has?

> . . . As far as I can
> tell, neither Sibelius, nor the other competitors of Finale provide
> the same capability.

This reminds me of the man in the full-body cast who philosophizes 
that at least he ain't dead -- things could be worse, but they 
suren't aren't very good, either.

The problem I have with these ETF-conversion discussions is that no 
3rd parties and no conversion is necessary if MakeMusic would simply 
do something very, very simple and inexpensive, i.e., set up a key 
escrow.

It's such a small thing that I can't understand why there could be 
any resistance to such a simple and inexpensive operation. I'd think 
it would also be quite a selling point in comparison to the 
competition.

-- 
David W. Fenton                        http://www.bway.net/~dfenton
David Fenton Associates                http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc

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