On 7/4/2012 10:55 AM, Darcy James Argue wrote:
> 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.
>
[snip]

True, but the current version works very well so if that's where the 
product stops, as long as operating systems allow it to run things 
should be good.

And one can hope that if Avid is really cutting all that staff loose, 
perhaps they'll bring their expertise to MuseScore and raise its 
capabilities to a new level.

-- 
David H. Bailey
dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com


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