Your reprimand is noted. Richard
> > From: Noel Stoutenburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/04/18 Mon PM 06:45:51 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Finale] 2005 to 2003a > > Richard wrote, in part asking: > > >That leads me to ask why Make Music doe not provide an upgrade path online > >where we could download the software. Or do they already provide that and I > >just could not find it on the site ? > > > > > To which I would note that they do provide online downloads for > maintenance releases (i.e., 2005a to 2005b). I suspect the main reason > they do not provide on-line releases for major upgrades (2003 or 2004 to > 2005) is because of the size of the downloads required. Whereas for the > maintenance upgrades, the file sizes are on the order of 10 to 20 MB, > for the full version, besides the full version of the software, the > upgrade needs a new set of libraries (including plug-ins), template > files, user manual, and Adobe acrobat reader. Assuming the MAC and WIN > versions are roughly the same size, since they both fit on a CD-ROM, > let's assume they are 350 MB each. Even on high-speed access, this is > probably a matter of hours, and for those of us who are sufficiently > comfortable with dialup that we either have chosen not to, or have not > chosen to, upgrade to high speed, well, in my case (and the case of > anyone else using a 56 kbit download speed) I estimate the download time > required would be on the order of seventy hours for the full download. > Now, if there are 10,000 users of Finale using dial-up, that's 700,000 > hours needed for the download. Since there are 8760 hours in a year, > that's about 90 modem-years worth of download time required, and you > still haven't accounted for the 37 users of Finale who still don't have > internet access at any speed. > > ns > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
