[ddots-l] Re: HELP KEEP SIBELIUS IN BUSINESS!
- From: "Gordon Kent" <dbmusic@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:14:44 -0400
Hi:
Well I really want to put some thought into my message to Sibelius
concerning this important issue. Yes, we have lime, but that does have
obvious limitations especially on the midi recording side, but sibelius is
truly a notation program that will print out a world-class score. I wonder
if pro tools will be going through the same fate. I think this is a case
where Avid may have bitten off than it could chew when infiltrating the
rather limited market of the pro music software market.
Gord
-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Smart
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 1:32 AM
To: jazz_guitar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: midimag@xxxxxxxxxxx ; ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ddots-l] HELP KEEP SIBELIUS IN BUSINESS!
I'm just passing this along. Please do what you can and distribute
this notice as well.
Chris
In July 2012, Avid Technology announced the closure of Sibelius UK,
home of the Sibelius development and support team. Avid claims this
will make no difference to Sibelius. Nothing could be further from
the truth.
Sibelius is a music composing/arranging application designed,
maintained and supported by the Sibelius Team in the UK Office. The
UK Office is closing, and the programmers and designers who have
made Sibelius a major success will not be able to further develop
the best computer based composing/arranging application in
existence today.
With the release of Version 7, Avid can reap profits to shore up
its Wall Street losses for many years from product sales without
any ongoing development or technical support. However, Sibelius is
far more than just code, it lives and breathes in the hearts and
minds of its inventors and developers. Remove them, and Sibelius
eventually becomes roadkill.
We implore those of you who use this marvelous composing
application to write the board here:
http://ir.avid.com/contactBoard.cfm
The direct email addresses for the CEO and other Avid VP/Directors are:
Chris Gahagan (Senior Vice President of Products) who we believe
actually closed the Sibelius London office.
His email is: chris.gahagan@xxxxxxxx
Gary Greenfield (CEO): gary.greenfield@xxxxxxxx
Martin Kloiber (VP Live Systems and Consoles at Avid Technology):
martin.kloiber@xxxxxxxx
Dana Ruzicka (VP Strategic Alliances at Avid Technology):
dana.ruzicka@xxxxxxxx
Ian Bruce (Worldwide Director of Corporate Communications):
ian.bruce@xxxxxxxx
and the AVID Blog:
http://community.avid.com/blogs/avid/archive/2012/07/07/sibelius-community.aspx
Registered offices of Avid worldwide including Fax numbers:
http://www.avid.com/us/about-avid/office-locations
Based on its latest published figures, Avid is in financial
trouble. Right after the most recent stockholders meeting, all the
Avid board of directors sold significant shares of stock, clearly a
coordinated sale.
Simultaneously, several key executives resigned, including Vice
President, CFO and CTO. Avid is short of cash and desperately
trying to shore up its liquidity with reckless cost cutting.
Sibelius is viable as a standalone company, but without sustained
pressure from its users, Avid will try to run it offshore, most
likely in the Ukraine. This short-term thinking is solely to ease
Avid through its present cash crisis, not in any way for the
benefit of Sibelius users. In fact it will effectively destroy
Sibelius.
Please help us to persuade Avid that it is in everyone's best
interests for them to sell Sibelius to a third party as soon as
possible. This will still ease its cash crisis, but will ensure
Sibelius lives on in safe hands.
Save Sibelius campaign contact info:
Derek Williams
derek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
+44 (0)785 760 2004
+44 (0)131 208 3668
Fax: +44 (0)131 777 2573
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