How long has John Paulson been CEO of MakeMusic? Was he on
board back in the Coda Music Technology days?
David H. Bailey
Tyler Turner wrote:
I stand corrected. John invented SmartMusic, but not Finale. He is however, as
you suggest, the person perhaps most directly responsible for its
Tyler Turner wrote:
--- On Wed, 11/26/08, dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While I have no idea what sort of person John Paulson is nor
what his role has been as CEO.
He invented Finale and SmartMusic and made them both successful. He's an
outstanding musician/composer, a strong leader
John was the owner of Vivace, Inc. which bought Coda Music Software
15-20 years ago. For some reason 1992 sticks in my head, but also 1988
does too. I can't remember whether he bought Coda before or after
Finale 1.0. He's held various titles over this time (CEO, President,
COO,
While I have no idea what sort of person John Paulson is nor
what his role has been as CEO, I would say that all the
officers share responsibility for any negative aspects of a
company or that company's products. They're the ones in
charge, and they're the ones taking home the biggest
On the other hand, the growth and continued positive actions
by the Sibelius leadership (even after having been purchased
by Avid) may only be showing that the only reason Finale was
the leader was because the only other competition was Score,
which isn't now and never has been the sort of
--- On Wed, 11/26/08, dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While I have no idea what sort of person John Paulson is nor
what his role has been as CEO.
He invented Finale and SmartMusic and made them both successful. He's an
outstanding musician/composer, a strong leader and a great person to
On 26 Nov 2008 at 11:12, Tyler Turner wrote:
--- On Wed, 11/26/08, dhbailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While I have no idea what sort of person John Paulson is nor
what his role has been as CEO.
He invented Finale and SmartMusic and made them both successful. He's
an outstanding
Didn't Phil Farrand invent Finale sometime back in the late Middle Ages?
But as far as making it _successful_ you may be right ... ;-)
eff
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Well yes but that isn't his most noted achievement per Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Farrand
Phil Farrand (born November 5, 1958) is an American computer programmer,
webmaster and author. He is best known for his Nitpicker's Guides, in which
he nitpicks plot holes and continuity
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Subject: Re: [Finale] MakeMusic CEO John Paulson resigns
To: finale@shsu.edu
Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 2:06 PM
Didn't Phil Farrand invent Finale sometime back in the
late Middle Ages?
But as far as making it _successful_ you may be right ...
;-)
eff
Hello fellow listers,
Anybody else seen this?
http://www.makemusic.com/press_releases.aspx?pid=276
Best,
-WR
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Perhaps the myopic vision that has been prevalent in the company will
finally be cured? Maybe they will fix bugs, listen to long time users,
address problems, add features people actually want?
NawI didn't think so either.
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Will Roberts [EMAIL
is the CEO responsible for these problems you have articulated? has
he contributed to the improvement or decline of the company or to the
product (i assume you are referring to finale) in your view? or is
he honestly dedicated to the product but bailing ship because of an
unresolvable
Fairly complex? Not really. Is the CEO responsible for the focus of a
company? And it's products? And the quality of its products? If the
product isn't living up to expectations, you are not going to give a
free pass to the CEO and blame some employee who is actually coding the
product. You
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