On 10.10.2007 Daniel Wolf wrote:
Would it be possible now, from the list membership, to get a more accurate
sense of the number of us who are (a) a long-term, professional users of
Finale, (b) have serious concerns about bug fixes, and (c) iare either skipping
an '08 upgrade or switching to a competing product during this cycle?
I believe I do qualify for a, although I don't use every aspect of the
Finale package.
I have had serious concerns about bug fixes for a long time.
And, although I haven't decided to not buy Finale 2k8 (I may have to for
compatibility reasons), I will not buy it yet.
I do have serious concerns about the future of Finale in general. My
being thrown out of the beta team is one of the reasons, as I can only
guess about the reasons for that. And for some reason I have the feeling
it has to do with some company policies on bug fixing.
We have witnessed many software packages die because they came second.
My feeling is that Finale is loosing the battle right now. All Sibelius
now need is a real plugin interface and some serious third party plugins.
The reason Finale is loosing the battle is bugs. 2k7 was a catch up
version, but Sibelius has not been asleep. Had Fin2k8b been a bug fix
version, all would have been well. But now I feel it is probably too late.
Johannes
http://www.musikmanufaktur.com
http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de
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