Sadly, you are in quite a bit there. MakeMusic making Notepad a $$ program was a fatal error in my opinion. They should have left it as a free product.
But getting a pirated version of a program for a class? That is a good way to get sued and potentially get fired. Seriously? Recommending to pirate a software program because you can't pony up $10 for the downloadable version? Free was good, but $10 isn't totally unreasonable for what it does........and they do offer a 30 day full featured demo......so......... On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 2:51 PM, Kurt Gnos <kurtg...@bluewin.ch> wrote: > I just found out. I set up a canon composition work, made a finale notepad > 2008 crash course, and asked the class to deliver it as a (free!) Finale > notepad file. > > Now I'm getting a lot of mails - shall/must I buy? bla bla... > > I really liked finale notepad as a free program, whatever limited, for my > students... > > If Sibelius makes a free version, it's another reason for me to switch... > > BTW, Students can get a cracked version of Finale, too, so this is no great > argument. I don't recommend this, but now, with notepad no more free, I just > might... > > Anybody from Make Music or Coda listening? > > Kurt _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
