I share this opinion and resent MM's near-"forced-subscription" model. I wrote about that earlier but it didn't seem to register. 2006 was the last for me for a while (I should have skipped it--2004 worked ok for me); I will be waiting for compelling notation improvements and/or more thorough VST implementation. *IF* I ever order another Finale upgrade, I will never again be an unpaid beta tester for MM. I will wait for careless bugs to be worked out by the first users. My guess under the forced subscription model is that bugfixes and improvements will be parceled out so that only one or two of any consequence occur each year, regardless of requests or reports. If the one you want is six years away, you are hosed. Fluff can be added at a low marginal cost (in $ and person-hours), and evidently brings large marginal benefits (at least for initial purchases) so we should see an endless stream of that, though I'm not sure what could top the rhyming dictionary.
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of David W. Fenton Sent: Thu 03-Nov-05 16:05 To: finale@shsu.edu Subject: Re: [Finale] Fin2006a now available! On 3 Nov 2005 at 13:35, Morris Inouye wrote: > I have absolutely no plans to upgrade to 2007. Also like you, I > *might* consider the upgrade if something like dynamic parts (similar > to Sibelius's capability) is added. Even if they add a must-have > feature, I will definitely upgrade *only* after others have evaluated > the upgrade for at least 4-5 months. If the 2007 upgrade is as > unstable as 2006, I won't upgrade even if it has dynamic parts! It's funny how many of you are now coming around to the same position on upgrades that I've *always* had -- don't upgrade until the features are compelling and the upgrade is stable. I've *never* understood the logic of knee-jerk upgrades, as it removes all the customer's power of expression, as well as exposing you to early adopter bugs. I understand that MakeMusic depends on those upgrade revenues, but this is a case where their interests and mine seem to me to be at odds. I'm not going to compromise my own interests just to keep them in business, particularly since enforcing my own interests is the only way I have to discipline them to respond to my needs. -- David W. Fenton http://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associates http://www.bway.net/~dfassoc _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
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