What will this mean for Sib users? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:57 PM, Claudio Sacco <cl.sacco@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear all, > For your information Iforward this Recordare newsletter. > > -----Original Message----- > From: recordare-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:recordare-announce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Recordare Information > Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 2:51 AM > To: cl.sacco@xxxxxxxx > Subject: MakeMusic, Inc. Closes on Acquisition of Recordare Assets > > MAKEMUSIC, INC. CLOSES ON ACQUISITION OF RECORDARE ASSETS > > Open-Format MusicXML strengthens technology leadership position > > Minneapolis - November 28, 2011 - MakeMusic, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMUS) today > announced that it has completed the acquisition of selected assets of > Recordare LLC, the Internet music publishing and software company. Under the > terms of the agreement, MakeMusic purchased the MusicXML open format and > Dolet software technology, including copyrights, source code and trademarks. > > Following today’s acquisition closing, Recordare founder and MusicXML > inventor Michael Good will assume the role of director of digital sheet music > at MakeMusic. > > "This transaction strengthens MakeMusic’s position as a global leader of > music innovation," said Karen van Lith, MakeMusic CEO. "With support of more > than 150 music software applications, Recordare’s MusicXML format is a key > element in the future of digital music notation." > > Follow Finale from our Community page, which offers access to the Finale > Blog, Forum and links to Finale’s presence on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. > > Follow SmartMusic activities from our Community page, which offers access to > the SmartMusic Blog, Forum and links to SmartMusic presence on Twitter, > Facebook and YouTube. > > About MakeMusic, Inc. > > MakeMusic, Inc. is a world leader in music technology whose mission is to > develop and market solutions that transform how music is composed, taught, > learned and performed. For more than 20 years, Finale has been the industry > standard in music notation software, enabling composers, arrangers, > musicians, teachers, students and publishers to create, edit, audition, print > and publish musical scores. MakeMusic is also the creator of SmartMusic > interactive software that is transforming the way students practice. With > SmartMusic, students and teachers have access to thousands of band, orchestra > and vocal pieces allowing students to practice with background accompaniment > and get immediate feedback on their performance. SmartMusic allows teachers > to individualize instruction and document the progress of every student. The > SmartMusic Inbox, an Android and Apple mobile application, provides > additional access for teachers to review, grade, and comment on student > assignments. MusicXML is > an Internet-friendly way to publish musical scores, enabling musicians to > distribute interactive sheet music online and to use sheet music files with a > wide variety of musical applications. Additional information about this > Minnesota company can be found at www.makemusic.com. > > Cautionary Statements > > Certain statements found in this release may constitute forward-looking > statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of > 1995. Forward-looking statements reflect the speaker’s current views with > respect to future events and include any statement that does not directly > relate to a current or historical fact. Our forward-looking statements in > this release relate to our position as a leader of music innovation and the > MusicXML format being a key element of digital music notation. Examples of > risks and uncertainties for MakeMusic include, but are not limited to, those > factors described from time to time in our reports to the Securities and > Exchange Commission (including our Annual Report on Form 10-K). Investors > should not consider any list of such factors to be an exhaustive statement of > all of the risks, uncertainties or potentially inaccurate assumptions > investors should take into account when making investment decisions. > Shareholders and other r > eaders should not place undue reliance on "forward-looking statements," as > such statements speak only as of the date of this release. We do not intend > to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements. > > Contact > > Karen VanDerBosch > Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer MakeMusic, Inc. > (952) 906-3690 > kvanderbosch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Recordare LLC, PO Box 3459, Los Altos, California 94024, USA > > To unsubscribe, or change your email address, click here. > http://cgi.mail-list.com/u?ln=recordare-announce&nm=cl.sacco%40evard.ch > > If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message > with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: > sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx