RE: JEWISH-MUSIC digest 2491

[mashke <mashke...>]

>Google's new shopping engine www.froogle.com might be 
>helpful too.


What a great name :-)

Dick
> 
> If you can't order the academic version of Finale, which is the same as the 
> regular full-version, order Finale for your student kid/wife/husband. 
>  Much, much cheaper than the regular price.  You just have to provide them 
> with the kid's/wife's/husband's student ID.  This applies to most if not 
> all academic versions of software.  Encourage your kid to write music to 
> relieve your guilty conscience.  (Our kids used to compose music, but we 
> could never get them to put it into the computer themselves.)
> 
> If you can't get an academic version of Finale, then THE very best shopping 
> comparison search engine for any and all computer products is 
> www.pricwatch.com .  DealTime (http://www.dealtime.com/) is an Israeli free 
> online comparison-shopping service, please make sure to support them when 
> you have to search for good prices on products.  (That means check there 
> first.)  Bizrate.com is terrific for searching the best price on anything 
> and everything.  Google's new shopping engine www.froogle.com might be 
> helpful too.
> 
> 
> Reyzl
> 
> 
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> From:  Fred Blumenthal [SMTP:xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com]
> Sent:  Thursday, January 16, 2003 10:44 AM
> To:  World music from a Jewish slant
> Subject:  Re: JEWISH-MUSIC digest 2491
> 
> 
> Eliezer Kaplan asked about the ad for Finale at a lesser price - was it
> full-feature, and wasn't there something for less money.  The source is:
> AABACA (www.aabaca.com) (952) 933-7307.  I believe it's full-feature, but
> "bli nader" - don't make me swear to it.  I notice they advertise Finale
> for $199 and Sibelius for $229, but there's probably "shipping &
> handling."  You could contact them regarding why you should buy from them,
> or the manufacturers regarding why not.  And visit codamusic.com to see if
> they still offer a "student" version of Finale, called Finale Notepad, for
> free.  It does lack some of the bells & whistles, and might not be
> compatible with other versions of Finale, but should play back a .mid
> file.
> 
> Fred Blumenthal
> xd2fabl (at) us(dot)ibm(dot)com
> 
> 

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