Re: Paralellizing Lilypond [was: Re: Sibelius Software UK office shutsdown]

[Lucas Gonze]

> Lucas Gonze <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> I made the same switch and am happy about it. I'm not as fast with
>> Lilypond yet, but am getting there.
>>
>> I especially like that that my scores won't become uneditable whenever
>> I stop buying upgrades from Sibelius.


On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:00 PM, David Kastrup <address@hidden> wrote:
> How would that happen?  I would imagine that if you keep your scores and
> software version unchanged, they should remain working on a given
> system.  ...  And of
> course, there is no need to _buy_ upgrades.

You'd think so, but the underlying OS changes and Sibelius doesn't rev
old versions to keep up. The last version of Sibelius that I paid for
now crashes on boot.

As a result I can't launch Sibelius for tweaks like key changes. The
only solution is to re-enter a score in Lilypond.