On 02/08/12 14:49, m...@apollinemike.com 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.
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