On 6 Jul 2005, at 03:24, Darcy James Argue wrote: BTW, did everyone see this dig (from the "Sibelius or Finale" page)?
How do we do it? We invest a huge amount of time, care and attention into every new version. Releasing annual versions is inefficient, and makes for thin upgrades; radical new features require a great deal of time and effort to create. We spend months consulting with musicians and educators worldwide, and take all of their views and ideas into account. Plus, we always add a little sprinkling of our own magic. Followed by many months of specification, programming, feedback and testing, we ensure that every new version of Sibelius is a dramatic improvement.
There's some truth to all of that. FWIW, Sibelius contacted me to ask what I wanted to see in the next version, and I'm not even a Sibelius user anymore. Their Dynamic Parts implementation appears to be very close to what I suggested.
I do understand that the Dynamic Parts thing is attractive to many people -- it so happens that I don't care about it. It has been suggested that Sibelius is superior to MakeMusic in terms of marketing.
we always add a little sprinkling of our own magic
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