Re: Sibelius Software UK office shuts down

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

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.  MuseScore is a more natural home for them, and is probably the 
only free tool they'd consider.  But at the same time, Sibelius is also about 
beautiful engraving, so there _are_ some who can surely be attracted by LP; 
MuseScore doesn't (yet) have a level of beauty equivalent to either Sibelius or 
Lilypond.

Working together to present the two leading faces of free music engraving 
software could help to get the most possible interest and engagement.