Re: Sibelius Software UK office shuts down

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On 2 août 2012, at 15:40, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> Not about Lilypond, but certainly relevant -- it looks like the parent 
> company of Sibelius Software has pulled out the rug from under the music 
> software:
> http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/08/at-sibelius-software-the-last-staff-turn-out-the-lights.html
> 
> It's a timely reminder of how vulnerable proprietary software can be to 
> short-term commercial interests.
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
>   -- Joe
> 

Jan and Han-Wen,

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.

Cheers,
MS