One quote from an anonymous Sibelius employee: "This is heartbreaking, it took us 15 years to build this business and it took Avid 15 months to wreck it.”
http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2012/7/3/avid-to-close-uk-sibelius-office.html Remember when Avid acquired Sibelius and the prevailing wisdom was that their deep pockets would mean more development money? Seriously, this situation sounds dire, obviously for the Sibelius employees who are having their jobs outsourced, and Sibelius users whose product's future is now in very uncertain hands, but also for notation software generally. Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 4 Jul 2012, at 10:31 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote: > Hi Jari, > > Yes, I saw that the UK office is closing, which I'm guessing means that > virtually none of the current staff will be retained. I feel especially bad > for Daniel Spreadbury, who was exceptionally diligent, accessible, > hard-working, and a great ambassador for the product. Needless to say, > despite the fact that Avid will retain ownership, moves like this don't do a > lot to instill confidence in the future of the software. > > Cheers, > > - DJA > ----- > WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org > > > > On 4 Jul 2012, at 9:37 AM, Jari Williamsson wrote: > >> On 2012-07-04 14:21, SN jef chippewa wrote: >>> >>> lots of inconsistent information but something to keep an eye / ear on... >> >> The main UK office (the original Sibelius office) is going to be closed >> by AVID, that was confirmed yesterday by Daniel Spreadbury. Unclear >> what's going to happen with all the staff at the UK office at this point. >> >> Although I was seeing something like this might happen, this was much >> more drastic than I could imagine. >> >> Finale needs competitors! >> >> >> Best regards, >> >> Jari Williamsson >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Finale mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
