[linux-audio-user] Finale, music typesetting for Linux, and Bordeaux reds

Hi all: I returned from Bordeaux yesterday and am now plowing through the hundreds of recent messages here. The particular threads re: Finale and music typesetting are especially apropos for me: I've been working on a heavy revision to the music notation software chapter of my book, and my researches are leading me to some interesting (well I think they're interesting ;) provisional conclusions. But before going into all that I plan to post a criteria sheet cobbed from Alan Belkin's article on Mac notation progs in a 1994 issue of the Computer Music Journal. I think it would be enlightening and useful to see how well or badly Linux notation apps in 2004 stack up against the major Mac apps in the same category ten years ago. Might be fun... Anyway, I'll post the criteria later today. Meanwhile I will unresevedly that LilyPond simply rules, it's an amazing project, and the quality of output is truly remarkable. Big props to everyone connected to the 'Pond ! Best, dp PS: Oh yeh, the Bordeaux red wines aren't too shabby either... ;)