On 9 Aug 2006 at 21:17, Robert Patterson wrote: > 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.
Er, more like 6 or 8 years ago, no? 15 years ago I'd just started using Finale. > 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. That's a truly significant loss, then. -- David W. Fenton http://dfenton.com David Fenton Associates http://dfenton.com/DFA/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
