Re: Hushing up Sibelius news?

[Stefaan Himpe]

> [..] As opposed to a "file format",
> however, the only reliable reader (not just interpreter) of LilyPond
> files is LilyPond itself.  That's a disadvantage for interfacing with
> other programs.

Not really a fundamental problem I would think: Lilypond could be 
instructed to lower its input into musicxml or whatever the other 
program understands. Going back to lilypond if really needed is also 
possible if you accept some loss of information (midi2ly or something 
more sophisticated).