Saturday, April 10, 2010

Re: Sibelius Student Licensing

Does anyone have a sense of how much effort, time and money went into =
making a program like Sibelius excellent?

I'm increasingly concerned by educators devaluing intellectual property, =
like software. You pay for all sorts of other items, why should software =
cost nothing?

The most effective schools with 1:1 use a handful of well-made =
open-ended software packages that enable students to learn and express =
themselves in ways otherwise impossible.

Buy less, but great software with which students can develop fluency.

Gary

On Apr 6, 2010, at 8:21 AM, Keith E Gatling wrote:

> Has anyone tried MuseScore <http://musescore.org/en>? this thread made =
me
> decide to see what else was out there that might be free. I've just
> downloaded it to try myself to see how it compares to GenieSoft =
Composer,
> which I've been using for years.
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> In fact, not only is it free, but it runs on the "big three" =
platforms:
> Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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> keg
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> Keith E Gatling
> Email: keith@gatling.us
> Blog: http://wordfromg.blogspot.com
> Website: http://www.gatling.us/keith
> The fact that I'm open-minded doesn't mean that I have to agree with =
you.
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