As I mentioned in a previous post, I have bought the Competitive Upgrade
from Sibelius, since we can do that this month for half price. The softward
arrived yesterday, so I am just getting used to the differences. Because I
used Simple Entry in Fin the differences aren't all that great. What I do
like about Sib is that I can access many of functions with a mouse click,
where in Fin I would have to drop down a menu and select. On Fin's side, I
don't yet see in Sib the ability to tweak things, e.g. hairpins, expression
placement, slurs, etc., but this may be that I haven't yet found the means
of doing so. So far, I believe that Sib is more the way I like to work . .
. but it is way too soon for a really informed judgment.
Bruce Clausen
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From: "Johannes Gebauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <finale@shsu.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Finale] Re: Finale '08
On 10.10.2007 Daniel Wolf wrote:
Would it be possible now, from the list membership, to get a more
accurate sense of the number of us who are (a) a long-term, professional
users of Finale, (b) have serious concerns about bug fixes, and (c) iare
either skipping an '08 upgrade or switching to a competing product during
this cycle?
I believe I do qualify for a, although I don't use every aspect of the
Finale package.
I have had serious concerns about bug fixes for a long time.
And, although I haven't decided to not buy Finale 2k8 (I may have to for
compatibility reasons), I will not buy it yet.
I do have serious concerns about the future of Finale in general. My being
thrown out of the beta team is one of the reasons, as I can only guess
about the reasons for that. And for some reason I have the feeling it has
to do with some company policies on bug fixing.
We have witnessed many software packages die because they came second. My
feeling is that Finale is loosing the battle right now. All Sibelius now
need is a real plugin interface and some serious third party plugins.
The reason Finale is loosing the battle is bugs. 2k7 was a catch up
version, but Sibelius has not been asleep. Had Fin2k8b been a bug fix
version, all would have been well. But now I feel it is probably too late.
Johannes
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