Hi Cecil
Er, exactly what is your point?
And what does Memorial Day memorialise? When is it? Why is it?
John
On 29 May 2005, at 03:23, Cecil Rigby wrote:
Hi all--
you know I remain mostly quiet on the list, mostly 'cos I'm too
busy with
work, but I really do want to just throw an "Amen, David!" into the
mix. I
agree with him on several counts, but mostly about the upgrades
being worth
their cost, *and* the escrow key issue.
When I have the assurance I can never be without the program I've
**paid
for** being accessible **at all times** without needing to contact
anyone
when I move it to another computer I own, THEN I will think about
upgrading.
I started using Finale around '86 and I think it has become more
unwieldly,
unstable, and less intuitive overall. The plugin necessities that
pervade
the program now are frustrating to me. It's ridiculous anyone has
to pay
others for the kinds of functionality a "professional" engraving
program
should have in the first place. (Don't anyone take me to mean I'm
not very
grateful for the plugins I've purchased over the years. They've
made life
much easier for me. and the people that make them are doing the **real
work** selling Finale anymore at all, in my opinion.)
Lastly, MakeMusic might MakeMoney if they'd concentrate on
satisfying the
needs of professional engravers rather than implementing features
to widen
the customer base (what else was human playback for?). I personally
quit
moaning a long time ago about Finale's sorry handling of EPS and PDF
creation and bought into several pro tools for Adobe Acrobat and
Distiller.
I simply decided I'd rather sink $$ into programs designed to do those
things professionally than essentially ask MakeMusic to drive
Finale's cost
up by trying to implement those things correctly. WHY can't they
fix the
**basic** MIDI, TEXT, and COPYING tools!?! and let those who want
to make
professional soundfiles get the programs to do that on their own, I
say.
What will someone be screaming for next, a
PowerPointFinaleThatPlugsInToMyRodgersDigitalOrganAndOverHeadProjector
SoICan
ProgramAllThisYear'sSunday'sServices?
off the soapbox... have a great weekend & Happy Memorial Day!
:)
Cecil Rigby
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