> As I see it, Finale has created a climate of resistance to their > upgrades. The bugs are one factor, but for me, the much bigger factor > is the lack of file-level compatibility across releases. 100 bucks for > an upgrade is not much of an issue for me, even if the feature set were > marginal. The real issue for me is that every time I upgrade, I > separate myself from other Finale users who might be collaborators on a > project here and there.
While MakeMusic! does not provide it as a "native" option in finale, note that there is backwards compatability between many versions (I don't know for sure how far back, at least 2k3, IIRC) of Finmale, by means of Music XML using the Dolet plugin, which presumably also allows for cross compatability with certain versions of S~, too. I know that it has been a rcurring complaint in this list, at least, that there is not backwards "write" capability in Finale, but to be fair, evere since I started using the product with version 2k, MakeMusic! and its predecessor organizations has always stated that there was no backwards write capability. ns _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
