that it resembles a DustBuster. In my book, it's worth exactly what it cost
me. NOTHING.
Personally, I don't use Sibelius or Finale. I use a little program called
ScoreWriter by GenieSoft. It's not meant for the professional, but for the
"hobbyist" or beginner, and I really like it.
On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:23 PM, Gary S. Stager <district@stager.org>wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > In fact, not only is it free, but it runs on the "big three" platforms:
> > Windows, Mac, and Linux.
> > --
> >
> > keg
> >
> > ========================================
> > 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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