David W. Fenton wrote:
Or just that the structural changes internal to Finale files made to support linked parts were so great that they could no longer support ETF without completely modifying the ETF standard?
I think this is probably the explanation. Jari attempted to justify what to my mind is not justifiable. In fact, MM could have modified the ETF standard to accommodate linked parts but presumably chose not to for the usual reasons (time and money). The original reason for the ETF was to facilitate porting between Mac and Win, but that purpose was made obsolete 15 years ago.
Nevertheless, one community particularly hard-hit by this decision is the 3rd party plugin developers. The ETF format is what made 3rd party plugins possible. I doubt you'll see much more innovation from that quarter now that MM has removed it.
-- Robert Patterson http://RobertGPatterson.com _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
