On 22/04/18 17:43, David Kastrup wrote: > J Martin Rushton <martinrushto...@btinternet.com> writes: > >> Thanks all for the suggestions. >> >> Ben: I think he is required to use Sibelius at University that appears >> to be all that they have. > > Is he majoring in music or in Sibelius? If the former, he should be > able to hand in score sheets with music notation (even if they are in a > PDF created from hand-written scores) rather than notation files.
It's the transferring to and fro that is the issue. He works on a piece at uni, then wants to do additional work at home. I assume that a PDF would be fine but I'd need to ask. >> When he was still at school the same applied. Whilst it would be nice >> if the uni offered other products, > > If they _offer_ the product, namely hand installations to the student as > course material, this changes the equation. Though requiring music > students to use a proprietary computer operating system again would > leave the scope of a music education. "Offer" as in make available, not "offer" as in give away. >> Arne: That is interesting. It's the sort of pricing my >> Yorkshire/Scottish ancestry approves of! I'll talk to him when he >> gets back this evening. There does seem to be a problem with running >> it under Linux, I might try using Wine. He'll be able to run it on >> his laptop though. > > Still doesn't work with my notions of authority and respect for learning > but then I'll readily admit to them being sort-of nonstandard. Though I > would not call them unreasonable. Hmm, but Avid are being clever though. Let Joe public have a cut down version - they won't buy at full price so nothing is lost. Get the students who will want all the "bells and whistles" used to the full version, and in 3 years time sting them for £££.
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