Thanks to all for the overwhelming response to my question about users
skipping the current upgrade or switching products. Most surprising was
the fact that no one on the list has stepped up and indicated that he or
she has either upgraded and been satisfied with the upgrade or has the
intention to upgrade.
Personally, I'm an experienced user who has invested a lot of time and
money in Finale, since 3.7. I have upgraded regularly, missing only
2004; I have purchased TG Tools as well. I like Finale's flexibility
in entry methods (I'm a command line fan), as well as its capacity for
finding a number of solutions to notational problems, especially for new
music. With my own templates and working routine, I would really
prefer not to switch from using Finale as my primary notation program,
but the current state of the program raises some real concerns about its
future.
I have been writing an item about the current state of Finale for my
blog, Renewable Music ( http://renewablemusic.blogspot.com/ ). I have
written to MakeMusic outlining my concerns but have yet to receive any
response. In the article, I would like to document the persistent bugs
concretely. Specifically, which long-standing bugs in the program are
"deal breakers", keeping current users from either upgrading or driving
a user to switch products?
Daniel Wolf
Frankfurt
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