On 24 Jul 2005 at 14:40, Richard Yates wrote: > > Someone forwarded my posts to this forum about trying out the > > Sibelius demo to Daniel Spreadbury and he answered me in great > > detail and at great length, and then engaged in a lengthy and quite > > interesting discussion of the points I'd raised. He spent *hours* > > responding to my emails. > > > > And all of it in private. > > > > No one from MakeMusic or Coda has ever gone the extra mile in that > > fashion. > > > > And he's not even a subscriber to this mailing list! > > I experienced the same from Daniel Spreadbury when I was trying out > the Sibelius demo. What was most impressive, in addition to the time > he spent, was his acknowledgment that Finale's adjustable and > programmed placement of articulations was superior to Sibelius'.
Indeed. He also acknowledged several areas in which Finale had the goods on Sibelius, as well as several areas where there were definite problems with Sibelius. He took my criticisms quite seriously (most of them were on the subject of Sibelius's undeserved (in my opinion) reputation for ease of learning -- the Sibelius UI seems to me to have many problems with discoverability that block ease of learning), and was very reasonable. The last person involved with Finale who gave me that impression of dedication and reasonableness was Randy Stokes, and we unfortunately see and hear little of him these days. Randy served for me as an ambassador for Finale who assured me that Finale was in good hands, and whatever its current problems, the people working behind the scenes were as aware (or more aware) of what was wrong than those of using Finale. Perhaps that is still the case, but now we lack a voice/face from MakeMusic to re-assure us that this is still the case. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
