Tyler Turner wrote:
--- Robert Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Isn't the fundamental problem here that the pie is
not getting bigger?
To some extent this is true. The number of people
interested in a professional notation product
increases somewhat slowly. The biggest source might be
in the form of incoming and graduating college
students.
At the same time, MakeMusic has had success in getting
their child products in the hands of an increasingly
large crowd. PrintMusic has been amazingly popular,
and I think it's the only MakeMusic product I've ever
seen in the major retail chains like Comp USA.
And I agree with you about SmartMusic. The program is
experiencing a very respectable growth (something like
a 70% increase over the last year I believe). And I
think we're going to see that explode in the future. I
believe SmartMusic will be used by millions in the
not-too-distant future.
MakeMusic seems to have found the right combination of product, market,
and pricing scheme to have SmartMusic thrive and experience wonderful
growth.
This is wonderful for the continued growth and survival of MakeMusic,
but it doesn't bode so well for Finale, I'm afraid. They've already
reduced their development department for Finale so they could put more
developers to work on MakeMusic.
One thing that I am surprised at, though, is their continued
upgrade-a-year scheduling for Finale, since they've got a great
subscription model working well to guarantee an income flow for SmartMusic.
Why not let the Finale developers spend a bit more time on each upgrade
(as it was in the older days) and give us a more substantial upgrade?
They could charge a bit more (like Sibelius does) for each of their
non-regular upgrades, to provide essentially the same income flow, just
spaced out differently and providing upgrades which are more appealing
to a larger number of Finale users.
--
David H. Bailey
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