Something to think/worry about … Eric ************************************************ Habsburger Verlag Frankfurt (Dr. Fiedler) www.habsburgerverlag.de webmas...@habsburgerverlag.de eric.f.fied...@t-online.de e.fied...@em.uni-frankfurt.de ***********************************************
Begin forwarded message: > From: Ryan Thompson <thompson.ry...@gmail.com> > Subject: [AMS-L] Sibelius UK closing > Date: 1. August 2012 23:42:14 MESZ > To: am...@listserv.unl.edu > > [Moderator's reminder: if you hit the reply button, your message will be sent > back to the list. If you wish to reply privately, please ensure that the > recipient's address appears in the "To:" field. All responses to AMS-L posts > must be in "plain text." It is helpful to include your name and e-mail > address at the bottom of your post.] > > ********************* > > Everyone, > > While the going's on of any given corporation are not normally relevant to > this group's discussion, I thought that this would be an exception. The > studio that develops Sibelius just closed its doors, as you can read in the > articles I have linked below. Regardless of which major program you prefer > (I'm a Finale user myself), the competition between Sibelius and Finale has > motivated many of the major developments in notation software, and it is to > the community's benefit to have two programs available. > > http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/08/at-sibelius-software-the-last-staff-turn-out-the-lights.html > > http://www.sibeliususers.org/ > > I don't think this will affect us in the short-term, but it might a year > down the road if Finale 2013 arrives without Sibelius 8 as a competitor. > > Cheers, > > -Ryan Thompson > thompson.ry...@gmail.com > University of Minnesota > > The future changes as we stand here, else we are the game pieces of the > gods, not their heirs, as we have been promised. > -Raistlin Majere > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > ...until the day comes when God will deign to reveal the future to man, all > human wisdom is contained in these words: Wait and hope! > -Edmond Dantès, The Count of Monte Cristo > > ____________ > > AMS-L Mailing list > Info: www.ams-net.org/ams-l/ > Edit your subscription options: http://listserv.unl.edu _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
