Really? They'd go from their paid former jobs to go work on a FREE piece of software…..
That is fantasy. Avid is keeping Sibelius though…..so I doubt they would let key programmers go for it. On Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 10:10 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > 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 > (mailto:dhbai...@davidbaileymusicstudio.com) _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
