Avid aren't moving the Sibelius jobs to the US. They are moving the jobs to Eastern Europe.
Cheers, - DJA ----- WEB: http://www.secretsocietymusic.org On 5 Jul 2012, at 5:31 AM, David H. Bailey wrote: > On 7/4/2012 2:23 PM, Eric Dannewitz wrote: >> 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. >> > > Well, yeah, it's a fantasy -- all the stuff we're discussing about this > is fantasy. If they close their British offices the employees there > will have a choice -- move to the U.S. (if the offer of continued > employment is made) or find other work. If I had spent many years > building a great piece of software and then didn't want to leave my > native country because some backwards-thinking corporate shirts didn't > want to maintain an office in my native country any more, I might > consider putting my talents to work for free (while also finding other > employment, it is to be hoped, but in today's economy that might be > tough) to better a program that would drive my former competitor to its > knees. > > But even if Avid is keeping Sibelius (which seems to be happening) > what's to happen to the programmers who choose not to uproot their > families and leave their native country? > > I would hope that they could telecommute, although without an office to > work from, it might be harder to work as a team. > > -- > David H. Bailey > [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Finale mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
