Re: Sibelius Software UK office shuts down

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On 2 août 2012, at 16:02, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:

> On 02/08/12 14:49, address@hidden wrote:
>> If you guys can get a Google Grant for your LilyPond non-profit in the 
>> Netherlands, now would be a fantastic time to run ads on Google getting 
>> Sibelius users to check out LilyPond. It's sad that it takes an event like 
>> this to generate interest in open source software, but at the same time, 
>> it'd be a huge waste of money and time if these people tried to somehow 
>> revive Sibelius.  If somehow this turn of events resulted in a spike in 
>> LilyPond users, that'd be a great boon to the community.
> 
> To be honest, I think this is a point where Lilypond and MuseScore people 
> ought to get together and plan a collective response.
> 
> On a practical level, it's likely that many Sibelius users will just not want 
> to switch to a tool like Lilypond -- the whole point of Sibelius is a 
> graphical score editor.

It'd be great if someone who knows Sibelius created a "from Sibelius to 
LilyPond in 10 easy steps" type article where they walked through the creation 
of a simple score in both programs.  I am convinced that the majority of those 
who use a graphic interface don't actually do it because they have some sort of 
intrinsic preference but rather because they are not used to other 
alternatives.  It took the lower half of my screen breaking for me to abandon 
Finale and start using LilyPond, so I know how much one's way of working can 
change based on the possibilities that are available to them.

It may also be worth it to contact Avid.  As crazy as this sounds, they may 
actually appreciate LilyPond stepping in and saying "Hey, we have a great piece 
of software that we're proud of that will spare you a lot of headaches in terms 
of support and complaining."  I'll look into it...

Cheers,
MS