I would bet, given the large Windows market, that Windows is what has allowed the company to keep going, rather than bringing the company down!
Remember when the Mac version of each new release came out first? And then suddenly (and without fanfare) that changed so the Windows version came out first? Given the larger potential for upgrades, I wouldn't be surprised if that was done to provide an earlier cash infusion to keep the company going. Finally, I believe they come out either together or so close to each other that the cash flow from one isn't paying for the other.
It would be very interesting, as you say, to see what the numbers are, in a development-vs-income comparison.
Perhaps, given the tardiness in making Finale fully OSX compliant, it is the Mac market which is the drag these days.
My hope would be that the company can simply keep going as it has for all these years, providing for both markets. And especially getting the OSX version out the door so the Mac market can become active for them again!
But if financial survival is a large factor for the company, that might be another reason for each of us to upgrade to a newer version each year -- it would serve two purposes: 1) keep the company afloat and 2) we would each have the latest version should the company go under.
Anybody remember Encore? The code was purchased (by g-vox, I believe) amid much promise of continued development. Well Encore was at version 4.something when Passport went bankrupt. GVox has finally gotten around to releasing a "new version" and it is only version 4.5.4.
So if MakeMusic (I still think that's a stupid name -- Coda Music was a much more elegant corporate name) is on truly shaky financial grounds, it is NOT a safe assumption that the code would be purchased and development would continue.
Philip M. Aker wrote:
On Friday, Jun 6, 2003, at 22:49 America/Vancouver, Craig Parmerlee wrote:
At 09:06 AM 6/7/2003 +1000, "Matthew Hindson wrote:
By the way, has Makemusic/Codamusic _ever_ made a profit?
I don't know about "ever" but apparently not recently.
Maybe it was when they were only releasing products for Macintosh? Be interesting to find out if the Windows versions have actually made an overall positive contribution to the balance sheet. If it hasn't, perhaps it should be dropped. Smaller but profitable is not an unheard of corporate strategy in these times of market turmoil.
Philip Aker http://www.aker.ca
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