Michael Cook schrieb:
My bet is that MakeMusic would gain in the long run by not releasing a "Finale 2007" next year and bringing out a real "must-have" update a year or so later.
I would agree with you, except that I think MakeMusic cannot afford to let Fin2k6 stand against Sibelius 4 for two years with the danger of having to compete against Sibelius 5 with the next update. Sibelius 4 is going to make a huge impression, and MakeMusic has to work really hard in my opinion to catch up with 2k7.
I have seen too many software wars end like this. One competitor comes out with that bit of edge over the other, and the other one reacts to slowly. Market gone. One more update, then abandoned software.
Happens all the time. Now is not the time to put in a years rest. Next year maybe. But 2k6 is not enough of an update to last for two years. No way.
On a much smaller scale I am currently seeing something similar happening with two competitors on the "sync with PocketPC" market. I bought this application in March. When Tiger came out it became incompatible. The update was promised for June. The competitor came out in May. The update has still not surfaced. Lots of people are jumping ship. I am going to buy the competitor next week unless they deliver. If I make that step I am gone, and will never look at that piece of software again. Lost customer. Bad publicity. No new customers.
Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
