Or the ability to make PDFs.....or export to Postscript. MakeMusic has such shitty backwards compatibility.......but that DOES leave the door open for them to fix the problem and then rebrand it as a new feature like they have done with so many things before (such as slurs). On Monday, February 28, 2011 at 12:22 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > On 28 Feb 2011 at 21:13, Gerhard Torges wrote: > > > Virtualization is a good approach on this, I agree. > > > > But it's only postponing the real solution, that being the conversion > > of the scores to a newer (and hopefully more open and documented) file > > format. > > I don't think conversion is really an option, as it requires > completely redoing the layout (or, at least, proofing to make sure > the layout is unchanged). This, to me, is an unacceptable solution > for those with lots of legacy files. > > Now, yes, MM has caused this issue, but that's water under the bridge > -- there is never going to be a fix for the old data (there will > likely never be a fix going forward, either, in my opinion). > > I don't see how it's postponing anything at all, though. Being able > to run the old app in a virtual machine solves all the problems, as > long as there's the appropriate support for needed peripherals (like > printers, for instance).
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