On 15 Jul 2005 at 13:03, Darcy James Argue wrote: > On 15 Jul 2005, at 6:25 AM, dhbailey wrote: > > > So why isn't Finale going to include saxes? > > David, no offense, but how many times do you need this explained? > Fin2k6 doesn't include any GPO saxes because at the moment, there ARE > NO GPO SAXES TO INCLUDE. The Jazz/Big Band edition of GPO is NOT > FINISHED YET.
You seem to be ignoring David's point. He certainly recognizes that MakeMusic can't ship a product that doesn't exist. But he also thinks that MakeMusic ought to make good on their promise of a complete GPO implementation by providing the missing functionality in an update. > I expect when Fin2k7 comes out, they will include some GPO saxes for > free. When Microsoft shipped Office97, Access wasn't finished yet. If you bought Office Pro, you got a certificate to redeem when Access97 came out to get the program then. David is just asking for the same thing. If next year's GPO library with saxes won't increase the cost of Finale (the upgrade price has remained stable for as long as I can remember), then it seems to me that it suggests that MakeMusic isn't paying more money to get a GPO library that includes saxophones. That means that they ought to be able to release a free update that includes the saxophones, since, surely, the increased licensing costs can't possibly be so great that it would break them. Now, if the GPO saxes don't come out until next July, there wouldn't be much point. Well, except for the minor little point that you'd have to buy the upgrade to get what ought to be included functionality. If you're one of the yearly upgraders, well, that's not an issue, but for those who are not yearly upgraders, the upshot is that they *won't* buy Finale 2006, but wait until 2007 to buy the version that will include saxes. That means that MakeMusic is automatically reducing the incentive to buy this new version, in the precise area that is just about the only significant new feature. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc All non-quoted content (c) David W. Fenton, all rights reserved _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
