Klarinet Archive - Posting 000332.txt from 1998/10

From: "Jim O'Briant" <jobriant@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] re:Music notation programs-scan
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 02:12:25 -0400

David, how did my prose get onto this mailing list under your signature?

-- Jim O'Briant

David C. Blumberg claims to have written [but actually didn't, as my own
signature was cut and pasted into his note along with the text]:

> There is also a down-side to this Midiscan/Finale agreement. Originally,
> virtually all of the notation software companies were working together to
> develop standards for *.nif (NIFF) files -- "NIFF" = "Notation Interchange
> File Format." Then Coda (Finale) pulled out of the project, more than a year
> ago, I think. I have read that it was because they did not want to reveal
> any of their source code to anyone else, or cooperate in any project that
> would give any other software company equal footing with them in any way.
> In the meantime, Musitek/Midiscan has been active in the *.nif (NIFF)
> project. Now, they also have no incentive to continue. By this move,
> Musitek/Midiscan had allied their company with Coda/Finale, giving them a
> ready-made new market. At the same time, Coda/Finale has effectively quashed
> the NIFF movement, thus shutting out all other notation software companies.
> Shrewd marketing move, but for anyone who uses any notation software other
> than Finale, it is bad news.
> Jim O'Briant
> Bayside Music Press
> Gilroy, CA
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> The quality of the MND has everything to do with the quality of your
> computer, and scanner (more the processing power). When I had a 200 MZ IBM,
> I got quite a few mistakes. When I upgraded to a Pentium II 300 MZ, it was
> a lot (A LOT) more accurate. Some pages I get are 100% first try. Before,
> they were 70-75%.
> Coda tried to buy Encore (Passport) when it went up on the auction block.
> They probably would have crushed it like an aluminum can. Instead some
> cheesy Guitar program bought Passport, and has yet to do a thing with it -
> including support.
> David Blumberg
> reedman@-----.com
> http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------

--
Jim O'Briant
Bayside Music Press
Gilroy, CA
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