If you’re a longtime Sibelius user, like me, your favorite person in the world is probably Daniel Spreadbury. This morning he posted a new blog at Steinberg, where he and the former Sibelius team are working on an entirely new notation program. Pretty thrilling stuff.

But did you catch this epic dig at his former employer, Avid, basically implying that they have abandoned Sibelius entirely (despite their insistence to the contrary)?

…the number of companies actively working on professional music notation software is very small, and perhaps now numbers only two (one being Steinberg, the other MakeMusic).

Ouch.