Generally many of you haven't been happy with the
mass-market features introduced in Finale. Come up
with one or two of your own that MakeMusic has the
ability to implement and can be marketed to a wide
audience.
Tyler
Sigh. This argument is depressingly familiar. "Generally many of you
haven't been happy with the mass-market programming features here at
WQQQ-FM. Come up with some repertoire that we have the budget to
acquire and that can attract a wide audience." "Generally many of you
haven't been happy with the size or variety of the classical department
here at Megamonolith Records. Suggest some discs we can sell to a wide
audience, and we'll be glad to include them." "No we don't carry
no-sugar-added apple butter at this supermarket; that wouldn't be a
very big seller, would it? But thank you for your suggestion and have
a nice day."
Look, if they wanted to make a million bucks, Coda should have
marketed a game or a spreadsheet. They didn't. They marketed a music
engraving program, which is by nature aimed at about the tiniest, most
specialized niche market you can imagine. You literally cannot expand
the audience for such a product beyond a certain narrow limit without
losing the program's original constituency. Of course, there is always
a strong temptation to do just that, because that's where the money
is--but MakeMusic wouldn't do that. Would they?
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://home.netcom.com/~kallisti/
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